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CHAPTER XXXII I continued the labours of the village- school as actively and faithfully as I could. It was truly hard work at first. Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comprehend...
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER X. The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. As was the custom in old-fashioned Episcopalian New York, she usually...
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Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 5 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer's bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through...
CHAPTER II. How Mouston Had Become Fatter without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof, and of the Troubles Which Consequently Befell that Worthy Gentleman. Since the departure of Athos for Blois, Porthos...