 I was descending the steps of a close, on coming out from a bookseller's shop, I met our old family butler. He looked greatly changed, pale, wan, and shadowy as a ghost. ' Eh ! old boy,' I said, ' what brings you here ? ' He replied, ' To meet your honour,...  Apparitions: a Narrative of Facts - Page 214by Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1874 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
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...my arrival in Edinburgh, as I was descending the steps of a close, on coming out from a bookseller's shop, I met our old family butler. He looked greatly...to recover a sum, due to me, which the steward at our last settlement did not pay.' Struck by his looks and manner, I bade him follow me to the bookseller's,... | |
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...my arrival in Edinburgh, as I was descending the steps of a dose, on coming out from a bookseller's shop, I met our old family butler. He looked greatly...Honour, and solicit your interference with my Lord, to receive a sum due to me, which the steward, at our last settlement did not pay/ Struck by his look... | |
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...my arrival in Edinburgh, as I was descending the steps of a close, or coming out from a bookseller's shop, I met our old family butler. He looked greatly changed, pale, wan, and shadowy aa a ghost. "Eh! old boy," I said, "what brings you here F" He replied, " To meet your honour, and... | |
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