Ora: The Lost Wife ...Holland, 1870 - 384 pages |
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Aggie Agnes agony Alice arms asked bear beautiful Betsey better bosom brow Charles Lafarge cheeks child clasped Clifton dark dear Doctor door Edward Piercelie Ellen eyes face father fear feel felt gentle girl glance Glendora gone governess grave grave digger grew Guy Bartoni hand happy Harry Harry Clifton head heart heart swelled heart throbbed hope hour kind knew lady laugh leave lifted light lips look Madeline Madeline's marriage Meredith morning mother murmured never night Nina once Ora sat Ora's overmastered pain pale papa passed passionate Piercelie pity poor quiet Raymond replied rest returned rose Saratoga seemed silently sister smile sorrow sting stood strange stranger suffering sweet tears tell Theodore thing thought tion tones took tremulous turned utter vehe voice weary wild wish woman words ye's young
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