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Foraninstanttheboyswereahead,hurrahingwithalltheirmight--onlyforaninstant,butevenTHATwassomething.Th ...
"Lass!"saidPeggy,solemnly,"thouhastdonewell.Itisnotlongtobide,andthentheendwillcome.""Butyouareveryo ...
"How?"askedPeter,making,inhisbluntDutchway,noattempttoconcealhissurprise."BygivingyouTHIS,mynheer."A ...
"Howstrangeitis,"shethoughtthatevening,"thatIshouldfeelasifthischarmingafternoon'swalkwere,somehow,n ...
"Whynot,Hans?Shameonyoutoreproachmeforthat!I'mastrueaProtestant,insooth,asanyfineladythatwalksintoch ...
"Yes,indeed.Thereisastoryconnectedwiththatpicture.""Tellus!"criedtwoorthree,drawingclosertoPeterasth ...
Ludwighadbeenregardinghisbrotherwithenthusiasticadmiration."Hurrahforyou,Pete!Ittakesyoutomakeplans! ...
to sleep, rose and wandered out into the garden. The Hon.
my private study, where there are several cases of Oriental
dread, than I have suffered in all the rest of my life!
good-by to Tipperary, ending with And we shan't get there.
often among the blooms beneath the great moon—the black-haired,
Yes, for ten minutes I was a prey to terror, in such a