Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 37
llowed the introduction. Frigate, this is Mr. Bruce—your hostess, Bruce. We will trust that in this case qualitywill atone for lack of quantity. Poor Essex! That remark made her eyesseek the ground, but not before she had seenthe courteous removal of the gentlemans hatand his respectful expression… … THE READING-NOOK ON THE ISLAND. A STORY OF THREE DOGS. By Mary Dameron.
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