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"I dinna think it is onything connected wi 'Ailsie's death, me laird."
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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I find it mentioned in the articles of distay against Ailsie
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“I hae it frae as sure a hand,” said Ailsie, “and frae them that spaed his fortune before the sark gaed ower his head.”
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“Now, my little woman must be reasonable,” said Mr. Openshaw, who was always patient with Ailsie.
A House to Let 2007
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Long years after these events, — a few months after her mother died, Ailsie and her “father” (as she always called Mr. Openshaw) drove to a cemetery a little way out of town, and she was carried to a certain mound by her maid, who was then sent back to the carriage.
A House to Let 2007
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“But, indeed it was not a dream!” said Ailsie, beginning to cry.
A House to Let 2007
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“Yes,” said Ailsie, looking round her; then clinging to her mother, said, “but a man was here in the night, mother.”
A House to Let 2007
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The pack of doctors could do no good to little Ailsie.
A House to Let 2007
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“Hold your tongue, Ailsie I let me hear none of your dreams; never let me hear you tell that story again!”
A House to Let 2007
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Ailsie was only half awake, and in a not uncommon state of terror.
A House to Let 2007
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