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The Captives

CHAPTER III
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If you pull that bell when you want anything Martha will come.

She will call you at half-past seven; prayers are in the dining-room at a quarter past eight.

Sometimes the wind blows through the wall-paper, but it is only the wind." Maggie drew back the curtains that hid the glitter of the lights.
"Were those great friends of yours, those gentlemen this evening ?" "The one who wears spectacles, Mr.Magnus--yes, he is a very old friend.

He is devoted to my sister.

He writes stories." "What, in the papers ?" "No, in books.


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