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348 OUR ADVENTURE IN THE HIGHLANDS.
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. are " He What started mad do ? violentl " yon mean y , and , Bob exclaimed ? how can — you say such things ?
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purpose . drawing at the time -room that he he was seemed immediatel to be y dogg behind ing us us , and Confound it struck him me !
. paused I could for not a have few believe moments d him , and capable then of his such natural meanness good . - " nature He
returning , resumedperh u But , a Bob littl , e you strange are too hard all upon be him easil ; his actions lained , thoug The h
expression aps of his face , in may the laurels very which y seems p to . have impressed so muchwasafter all , onlnatural under the
circumstances you ; for I have , no , doubt he , felt very y savage . Then when susp on Crai icion he g- , y called - except Barnes a there general was restlessness nothing in his and behaviour excitement to ; excite and
been in order that me I to mi the ht ed share ge of with the cliff him , it the may leasure only have of - on admiring the Rumbling the prospect brid . Lastl g it was y , thoug no doubt h he with did steal the intention p behind me of
ge , idea playing of me his some having friendl desi y trick . Why life , dear is utterl Bob , the absurd mere !
What have I ever done to gns mak upon e him my my enemy ? Supposing y Annie ( God bless her ) had not cared for meshe miht never
have loved him . Even as it is , do not such things , happen g every day , and men recover from their disappointment without doing
him any harm to me either I should to themselves certainl or others have felt ? Had awfull Annie inclined preferred to , y y
348 Our Adventure In The Highlands.
348 OUR ADVENTURE IN THE HIGHLANDS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/60/
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