Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 418
house, with a view to a possible pur-chase of it; and Mrs. Ryan, producing a bunchof keys, piloted the party from one room to an-other, dilating as she went upon the advantagesof the dwelling and upon the glory of the de-parted Stillfords. These is the parlures, said she, usheringthem into the two… … THEY FOUND A PLEASANT-FACEDWOMAN. 4o6 THE STORY OF BETTY. [Mar. give in these here parlures! I tell you, themwas the grand days of this house. The large, high-ceilinged rooms were utterlybare of furniture; but Bettys accommodatingimagination ignored all beneath the level ofher own eyes, and as she…
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