Odd StoriesA. Constable, 1897 - 317 pages |
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Adèle answered asked beautiful better breach of promise Cardinal Carmelite caught charming child colour COMPANY LTD CONSTABLE & COMPANY Courcelles crept Daily Mail Daily Telegraph dear delightful door dream exclaimed eyes face fairy father feet flushed GEORGE MEREDITH good-bye hand head heart Helen Forrester hesitated honour hurried hurriedly Janet Jean Jean West Jeanne knew Lady Gertrude laughed lips little girl looked Lord Thurston madam Major Barbara marry Mary Clifford Master Humphrey matter Miss Forrester Miss Westoby mistress Monsieur Paul murmured never nom de guerre old lady pale poor pretty Princess Princess Princess quarrel Ralfsteiner rose round seemed sense shop girl silence smile stairs stared stood story strange suddenly surely sweet Sylvia tears tell things thought turned voice walked watched Wentford whilst window woman women Worlds for Old young
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Page 164 - These sayings are true at all times, and equally true that " a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Page 321 - Printed on thin opaque paper, specially manufactured for this edition, bound in red cloth, gilt lettered on back and side, gilt top. 2S. 6d. net per volume, or 35.
Page 319 - The reader hurries on breathless from the first page to the last, afraid to miss a single word. " — Daily Telegraph. " Unquestionably a striking example of imaginative power.*' — Morning Post. " The most daring venture into the supernatural I have ever come across.