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... sister being prevented , through illness , from coming . His Majesty sent me a very beautiful ring , and Colonel de Ferval gave me a " corbeille " worthy of a duchess . A week after our marriage a post - chaise was whirl- ing us away ...
... sister being prevented , through illness , from coming . His Majesty sent me a very beautiful ring , and Colonel de Ferval gave me a " corbeille " worthy of a duchess . A week after our marriage a post - chaise was whirl- ing us away ...
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... sister - in - law resided . Dr. Joinville had persuaded me to pay a visit to her ; she had never been very friendly with her brother , but the Doctor thought I owed it to the memory of the Colonel , to try and prove that ill feelings ...
... sister - in - law resided . Dr. Joinville had persuaded me to pay a visit to her ; she had never been very friendly with her brother , but the Doctor thought I owed it to the memory of the Colonel , to try and prove that ill feelings ...
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... sister - in - law in the breakfast - room ; she talked principally of her brother . When our meal was ended , she took me all over the house : everything was in the most perfect taste , greatly surpassing , indeed , that of her brother ...
... sister - in - law in the breakfast - room ; she talked principally of her brother . When our meal was ended , she took me all over the house : everything was in the most perfect taste , greatly surpassing , indeed , that of her brother ...
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... sister lived in the next house to that of Mademoiselle de Ferval ; the gardens were only separated by very high trellis- work , thickly covered with creepers ; and from my window I was able , not only to see my neighbours , but also to ...
... sister lived in the next house to that of Mademoiselle de Ferval ; the gardens were only separated by very high trellis- work , thickly covered with creepers ; and from my window I was able , not only to see my neighbours , but also to ...
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... sister - in - law in a dreadful state , - dying of love , as her maid told me , for the doctor . Poor Amélie ! -she positively terrified me . As long as one could see the graceful movements of her elegant figure , the ugliness of her ...
... sister - in - law in a dreadful state , - dying of love , as her maid told me , for the doctor . Poor Amélie ! -she positively terrified me . As long as one could see the graceful movements of her elegant figure , the ugliness of her ...
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