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A Life for a Life: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Inglese · Tascabile

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Several people, I noticed, looked at them and smiled; and one lady whispered something about poor clergy man's daughter and Sir William Treherne.

I felt hot to my very temples. Oh, if we were all in Paradise, or a nunnery, or some place where there was neither thinking nor making of marriages!

I determined to catch Lisa when the waltz was done. She waltzes well, even gracefully, for a tall woman - but I wished, I wished - my wish was cut short by a collision which made me start up with an idea of rushing to the rescue; however, the next moment Treherne and she had recovered their balance and were spinning on again. Of course I sat down immediately.

But my looks must be terrible tell-tales, since some one behind me said, as plain as if in answer to my thoughts, Pray be satisfied; the lady could not have been in the least hurt.

I was surprised; for, though the voice was polite, even~ kind, people do not, at least in our country society, address a lady without an introduction. I answered civilly, of course, but it must have been with some stiffness of man ner, for the gentleman said.

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Autori Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Editore Lulu Pr
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 01.01.2018
 
Pagine 402
Dimensioni 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
Peso 535 g
Categoria Libri per bambini e per ragazzi

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