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2026-03-29
“Yes, it is correct, as far as it goes.” “But it needs a great deal of supplementing before anyone could offer an opinion. I think that I may arrive at my facts most directly by questioning you.” “Pray do so.” “When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?” “In Sa...
2026-02-27
“No; but it must be done soon.” Most earnestly did she then entreat him to lose no more time before he wrote. my dear father,” she cried, “come back and write immediately.
2026-02-20
“They have both,” said she, “been deceived, I dare say, in some way or other, of which we can form no idea. Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other. It is, in short, impossible for us to conjecture the causes or circumstances which may ...
2026-01-06
The pretty Miss Mansfield has already received the congratulatory visits on her approaching marriage with a young Englishman, John Melbourne, Esq. Your favourite schoolfellow, Louis Manoir, has suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from G...
2025-11-17
I have scarcely any hesitation in saying that she will include you and my sister Maria in every invitation with which she honours us during your stay here. We dine at Rosings twice every week, and are never allowed to walk home.