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Page 88 - ... of the cloak-room and seized Mrs. Wilcox by the arm. "Evie!" she gasped. "Evie, my pet — " The girl called: "Father! I say! look who's here." "Evie, dearest girl, why aren't you in Yorkshire?" "No — -motor smash — changed plans — Father's coming.
Page 106 - If you will allow me to return for a moment to the monastery with three or four of my monks, I will willingly give you a hundred ounces of silver.
Page 19 - KIFLEY sat by the kitchen window with an open book in his hand ; but he was not reading. His mother, in the buttery just beyond, was busy with her milk-pans, and his sister Flora was outdoors tying np rose-bushes, and transplanting violets.