The Ghost of Charlotte Cray and Other Stories
Author: Florence Marryat
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 284
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Author: Florence Marryat
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Florence Ross-Church
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Florence Marryat
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 93
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Florence Marryat
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9781230072258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...over the poor baby as if it were a doomed creature, and keeps starting nervously, as night draws on again, at every shadow, as though she expected to see the old gentleman at her elbow. She wears out Ethel's patience at last, for the young mother is depressed and feeble and longs for sleep. So she orders the nurse to lay her little infant on her arm, and to go into the next room as usual and lie down beside Katie's cot; and after some expostulation, and many shakings of her head, the Dye complies with her mistress's request. For some time after she is left alone, Ethel lies awake, too exhausted even to sleep, and as she does so, her mind is filled with the stories she has heard, and she clasps her little fragile infant closer to her bosom as she recalls the history of the poor murdered mother, whose child was barbarously slaughtered before her eyes. But she has too much faith in the teaching of her childhood quite to credit such a marvellous story, and she composes herself by prayer and holy thoughts until she sinks into a calm and dreamless slumber. When she wakes some hours after, it is not suddenly, but as though some one were pulling her back to consciousness. Slowly she realises her situation, and feels that somebody, the Dye she supposes, is trying to take the baby from her arms without disturbing her. "Don't take him from me, Dye," she murmurs, sleepily; "he is so good--he has not moved all night." But the gentle pressure still continues, and then Ethel opens her eyes and sees not the Dye but a woman, tall and finely formed, and fair as the day, with golden hair floating over her shoulders, and a wild, mad look in her large blue eyes, who is quietly but forcibly taking the baby from...
Author: Florence Marryat
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 300
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 10
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 332
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 256
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Published: 1905
Total Pages: 332
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 624
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