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Netty's voice could be heard, laughing and talking in a high key as she opened the drawing-room door.
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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It was to pay his debts as well, to save Dick and the whole household from ruin -- for Netty's sake, too -- how could Harry Bent marry a bankrupt clergyman's daughter?
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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In addition, Netty's future would certainly be overshadowed to
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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None were ever too tired, none too grumpy, to wash, shave, and "slick up" of letter nights, scrupulously as Moslems bathe their feet before approaching the shrine of Mahomet and still as Moslems before their shrine all sat about the bunk-room while Circuit wrote his letter and copied Netty's last.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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"He'll be arrested," was Netty's only thought, and she thrust Jane out of the room, telling her to hold her tongue.
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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Then, Netty's shallow brain commenced to work, and she murmured:
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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"I have denied my sin -- not for my own sake; no, John, it was for all our sakes -- for yours, for Netty's, for her future husband's, for the good of the church where you have worked so hard and have become so indispensable."
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
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Ripping his shirt open at the neck to find his wound, she uncovered Circuit's buckskin bag and memorandum book, showing through its centre the track of a bullet that had finally spent itself in fracturing a rib over Circuit's heart, the ticket-seller's shot, that would have killed him instantly but for the shielding bulk Netty's treasured letters interposed.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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To row around the overturned boat, amid the swirl of water about her, was a task that taxed Netty's skill and strength to the utmost.
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The baby was taken out of Netty's arms, undressed, and put into the bath.
A Big Temptation L. T. Meade 1884
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