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with that flushed face of yours

"He said he was ‘afeared I’d been taken in, you were such a sickly lookin’ critter.’  Ha! Ha!  Wish he might see you now, with that flushed face of yours.  I never believed in magic, but I’ll have to come to it.  You are bewitched, and are being transformed into a pretty young girl right […]

and shades which excluded the glare from

To a superficial observer things might have appeared to be going on much as before, but there were influences at work which Holcroft did not clearly comprehend. As Alida had promised herself, she spent all the money which the eggs brought in, but Holcroft found pretty muslin curtains at the parlor windows, and shades which […]

When I look out on a scene like

"Well," he remarked, with a grim laugh. "I didn’t expect to be cornered in this way." "You who are truthful should face the truth.  It would make you happier.  A good deal that was unexpected has happened.  When I look out on a scene like this and think that I am safe and at home, […]

I couldn’t hold a grudge after that

"If her husband and son should come and apologize and say they were sorry, would you truly and honestly forgive them?" "Certainly!  I couldn’t hold a grudge after that.  What are you aiming at?" and he turned and looked inquiringly into her face. It was flushed and tearful in its eager, earnest interest. "Don’t you […]

I didn’t yield to her at all

Holcroft came and sat on the steps below her.  She kept her eyes on the landscape, for she was consciously enough on her guard now. "I rather guess you think, Alida, that you are looking at a better picture than any artist fellow could paint?" he remarked. "Yes," she replied hesitatingly, "and the picture seems […]