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"She may turn up at any moment," said Captain Acton, with more gloom than the hope his words expressed justified. "She has only been twelve hours missing." "The lady, I presume, ate nothing?" "Certainly; it's young Billy Wilson. You know—the lad who is always roaming the woods.".
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"You tell me, Billy," he said huskily—"tell me if the light shines as brightly as when we watched it together."I tried logging in using my phone number and I
was supposed to get a verification code text,but didn't
get it. I clicked resend a couple time, tried the "call
me instead" option twice but didn't get a call
either. the trouble shooting had no info on if the call
me instead fails.There was
Admiral Sir William Lawrence was also highly respected, and people spoke with pride of his living in their neighbourhood. It was likewise well known that Mr Lawrence was a friend of the Actons, and in a small town of small gossips the idea if not the circumstance of Mr Lawrence having offered for the hand of the beautiful Miss Acton was not likely to be[Pg 142] neglected or overlooked, and to do the gossips justice, they imputed the rejection of the handsome and dashing young Naval officer to his loose habits.
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"Down, ma'am! cease your clatter!" cried[Pg 22] Captain Acton to the terrier, whilst the Admiral saluted the young lady with a bow as full of homage as he would have conceded to royalty. "Where are you bound to?" "Of course not, how could you?" cried the lawyer. "But there now, I'll explain. "He is all right, Billy," she answered softly. "You'll find onions and savory hangin' to the rafters upstairs," suggested her father as he carried the ducks outside..
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