He looked at her an instant, for the effect of the graceful girlish fi…

Louisa May Alcott
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He looked at her an instant, for the effect of the graceful girlish figure with pale, passionate face and dark eyes full of sorrow, pride and resolution was wonderfully enhanced by the gloom of the great room, and glimpses of a gathering storm in the red autumn sky. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (1997). A Long Fatal Love Chase, Thorndike Pr
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