[S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection bea…

Charles Dickens
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[S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. ✨ Martin Chuzzlewit ch. 8 (1844)
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