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THREE days after my mother and I had established ourselves at Torquay, I received Mrs. Van Brandt’s answer to my letter. After the opening sentences (informing me that Van Brandt had been set at liber
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THREE days after my mother and I had established ourselves at Torquay, I received Mrs. Van Brandt’s answer to my letter. After the opening sentences (informing me that Van Brandt had been set at liber
I MADE no movement to leave the room; I let no sign of sorrow escape me. At last, my heart was hardened against the wom…
A CRY of terror from the room told me that I had been heard. For a moment more nothing happened. Then the child’s voice…
I SET the position of the harbor by my pocket-compass, and then followed the course of the first street that lay before…
IT mattered little to me to what port the vessel was bound. Go where I might, I knew that I was on my way to Mrs. Van B…
RETURNING to the cottage parlor, I took a chair by the window and opened my pocket-book at a blank page. I had certain …
MY spirits rose as I walked through the bright empty streets, and breathed the fresh morning air. Taking my way eastwa…
SIX months have elapsed. Summer-time has come again. The last parting is over. Prolonged by my care, the days of my mo…
DESCENDING to the ground-floor of the house, I sent to request a moment’s interview with the landlady. I had yet to lea…
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