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... Mortimer said to his wife as they stood in the bay window of the breakfast - room in Grosvenor- square , where Mrs. Mortimer was reading a letter from Mabel . He said it in a dry , cold , uninterested tone . " Poor Beatrice ! " said Mrs ...
... Mortimer said to his wife as they stood in the bay window of the breakfast - room in Grosvenor- square , where Mrs. Mortimer was reading a letter from Mabel . He said it in a dry , cold , uninterested tone . " Poor Beatrice ! " said Mrs ...
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... Mortimer . " I am slow at learning lessons - slow . I used to think better of myself than I do . But I'll have no more confidants among servants as long as I live . To have the skeleton out of your cupboard hung on wires and danced ...
... Mortimer . " I am slow at learning lessons - slow . I used to think better of myself than I do . But I'll have no more confidants among servants as long as I live . To have the skeleton out of your cupboard hung on wires and danced ...
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... Mortimer family for generations back , had undertaken to satisfy both himself and Lavelle that the suspicions and conjectures raised in his mind by various circumstances that had come to his knowledge , had a foundation in truth , or ...
... Mortimer family for generations back , had undertaken to satisfy both himself and Lavelle that the suspicions and conjectures raised in his mind by various circumstances that had come to his knowledge , had a foundation in truth , or ...
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... Mortimer becoming the husband of Mabel . In whatever way we view the case , having regard to the Scotch law , he is already married . " " What effect will that have upon the family ? " asked the Jesuit . " Sir Harold will bear it with ...
... Mortimer becoming the husband of Mabel . In whatever way we view the case , having regard to the Scotch law , he is already married . " " What effect will that have upon the family ? " asked the Jesuit . " Sir Harold will bear it with ...
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... Mortimer and his son the marriage was a matter of the direst necessity . For the son it meant a large sum in ready cash , and the enjoy- ment of estates having a rent - roll of at least fifteen thousand a - year . For the father , the ...
... Mortimer and his son the marriage was a matter of the direst necessity . For the son it meant a large sum in ready cash , and the enjoy- ment of estates having a rent - roll of at least fifteen thousand a - year . For the father , the ...
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