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  • Harrow's bedroom removed, the Considines were housed at Halberton and instructed in the family tradition.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • Halberton, who had planted themselves upon the richest of the Joyces 'lands in the early seventeenth century and built their house in the

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • It shocked and thrilled her to see that the elder Halberton girl powdered her nose.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • In Considine's ideas there was not only imagination, but money, and Halberton was getting rather tired of his own expensive agricultural experiments.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • After six weeks at Halberton the Considines moved into the Rectory at

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • Roscarna would be useful in the sphere of the Halberton territorial influence.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • She couldn't, at first, quite catch the Halberton air, but, being an admirable mimic, she soon tumbled into it.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • So she left Radway in the middle of her sentence, walked straight up to Lady Halberton and said, "Good-night," with a staggering abruptness, and before he knew what had happened Lord

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • Lady Halberton had already coached her in the list of people whom she must know, people she could safely know at a distance, and people whom it was her duty to discourage.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

  • Lady Halberton, who, at the Horse Show had struck her as an ancient and withered woman, now appeared middle-aged, scintillating in a scheme of black and silver.

    The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

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