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“And all that you are sorry for is what you haven't done.”
“He must have been delightful," she said, "when he was alive!”
“He looked like a young Crusader on a tomb. That was Phyllis's first impression of Allan Harrington.”
“It was four o'clock of a stickily wet Saturday. As long as it is anything from Monday to Friday the average library attendant goes around thanking her stars she isn't a school-teacher; but the last...”
“For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And when Mrs. Harrington slipped a solitaire diamond into her hand ...”
“And the way you lost your temper!" went on Wallis enthusiastically. "Oh, Mr. Allan, it was beautiful! You haven't been more than to say snarly since the accident! It was so like the way you used to...”
“And remember, Wallis, there's something the matter with Mr. Allan's shutters. They won't always close the sunshine out as they should."Wallis almost winked, if an elderly, mutton-chopped servitor c...”
“But when your heart is tired and dumb, your soul has need of ease,Theres none like the quiet folk who wait in librariesThe counselors who never change, the friends who never go,The old books, the d...”
“But when your heart is tired and dumb, your soul has need of ease,There’s none like the quiet folk who wait in libraries–The counselors who never change, the friends who never go,The old books, the...”
