Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides ...H. Colburn, 1837 |
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actress affection amusement answered asked beautiful careless CHAPTER cold colour companion Courtenaye cried dark dearest door dream emotion ETHEL CHURCHILL exclaimed Walter eyes face fancy fear feel felt fête feverish flattered forgive gazed George King give half hand happiness heart Henrietta hope hour hurried interrupted knew Lady March Lady Marchmont Lady Mary laugh Lavinia Lavinia Fenton LEICESTER SQUARE letters light listen look Lord Harvey Lord Marchmont Lord Norbourne madam mind misery Miss Churchill moonlight morning muttered nerality never night Norbourne's once pain pale panion passed passion pawnbroker replied returned rose round seat seemed shadow Shelburne shew silence Sir George Kingston Sir Robert Sir Robert Walpole smil sorrow spirits stood strange suddenly sweet talk tears tell thing thought to-night took tremble turned uncon vanity voice Walter Maynard weary whispered wish wretched wrong young
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