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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...may-be, not have done it then, till I had kept you in a quandary for a month at least. Do you fancy it costs me nothing to behave differently from other women and to relinquish my due at a season when all women get theirs for once in their lives? ' she declared, covering her face with her hands to hide her burning blushes, and with glittering drops forcing their way between her slender fingers. ' Then, Maisie, you'll not bid me to the Haughs in vain, ' said young Windygates, lifting up his head with the hectic red in his cheek restoring to it some show of colour and life. ' That is the least I can say. If you set the day, I'll be an honoured man and 111 stand to it. What is more, I'll swear that you'll never repent it so far as it rests with me; and for anything more God keep us and Windygates.' ' God will keep us and all that trust in Him, Allan, from every foe, small or great, from every power of earth or air. Did jou pay heed to the Psalm we sang at worship this morning--Behold, He that keeps Israel, He slumbers not nor sleeps? ' When Braehead was told that young Windygates had gone fc over to the Haughs with Maisie Hunter to arrange about their l marriage, which was to be carried out at once as had been origin ally intended, without any renewed objection on the part of Windygates or Auntie Peggy, who were brought to see that things had proceeded too far, and that it was too late to try to stop them; and when the philosopher was further informed of what had led to this happy turn of events--he exclaimed triumphantly: ' The very thing Somebody to spend the night in the Windygates gallery and come out in the morning not a hair the worse. That rascally picture not to be thrust out of sight and made a mystery of, but rather to be rendered a...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154382754 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154382753 |
| Weight | 1.46 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.01 In |
| List Price | $33.40 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 454 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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