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Ruth's head was full of the sounds of drowsiness as though she held seashells to her ears . Her uncle went to investigate . Light prickled Ruth's eyelids when she looked up at him returning . “ That dog of yours ” he said , “ just like ...
Ruth's head was full of the sounds of drowsiness as though she held seashells to her ears . Her uncle went to investigate . Light prickled Ruth's eyelids when she looked up at him returning . “ That dog of yours ” he said , “ just like ...
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Other birds , however , sweep down to visit the water , and there in the shallows is a dropping of ruffs , some with patchy white heads already , the first signs of nuptial plumage . The reed - prickled clouds move and merge in sheets ...
Other birds , however , sweep down to visit the water , and there in the shallows is a dropping of ruffs , some with patchy white heads already , the first signs of nuptial plumage . The reed - prickled clouds move and merge in sheets ...
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Mrs Fraser laughed in spite of her splitting head . Her visitor was austere in dark brown pyjamas rimmed with white and a dark brown dressing gown tied with rope cord like a monk . His hair was dark and fringed with grey about the ears ...
Mrs Fraser laughed in spite of her splitting head . Her visitor was austere in dark brown pyjamas rimmed with white and a dark brown dressing gown tied with rope cord like a monk . His hair was dark and fringed with grey about the ears ...
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PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
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| Title | The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181 |
| Editors | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2007 |
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