Nanina

He started up directly, and could hardly believe his senses, when he found himself standing face to face with Nanina.

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Thus it happened that when Nanina set forth from home, the learned poodle, Scarammuccia, was her only companion.

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Now, I do presume to assert that she must be either one or the other -- or she would not have forbidden Nanina to say anything about her in answer to all my first natural inquiries.

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"Oh, sir, draw her away into the ballroom, and give Nanina a chance of getting out!"

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He saw at the same time that Nanina still kept her head turned away, and that she had her handkerchief at her eyes.

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Father Rocco closed the door after them, and then, taking the one chair which the room possessed, motioned to Nanina to sit by him on the stool.

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As the clock struck four Nanina was requested to take possession of

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Just as that question was put, Nanina felt the dog dragging himself free of her grasp on his mouth.

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"You remember your private instructions to my wife and myself, when you first brought Nanina to our house?" he said, looking away rather uneasily while he spoke.

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Saying these words, the doctor turned to lead the way out of the room, and observed Nanina, who had moved from the bedside on his entrance, standing near the door.

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