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Page 205 - I am greatly obliged to you for the information you have given me. You must allow me to make you a little present. If you have anything more to communicate, pray come to me.
Page 227 - Forgive me, dearest ! — forgive me ! " " I do forgive you from the bottom of my heart, sweet girl," rejoined the other, kissing her.
Page 46 - To prove that he was in earnest, he coolly seated himself, and proceeded to light a cigarette, which he took from a case. So indignant was Pomfret, that if he had had sufficient strength, he would have thrown him through the window ; but he contented himself with saying, " I did not suppose that any one, with the slightest pretensions to the character of a gentleman, could act thus.