The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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"Go away, Jock, go away!" she cried. "You are going to scold me! I won't be scolded! I won't open the window! Go away!" But I continued to tap. "I must have a word with you!" "What is it, then?" she cried, raising the sash about three inches. "The moment you begin to scold I shall close it." "Are you really married, Edie?" "Yes, I am married." "Who married you?" "Father Brennan, at the Roman Catholic Chapel at Berwick." "And you a Presbyterian?" "He wished it to be in a Catholic Church." "When was it?" "On Wednesday week." I remembered then that on that day she had driven over to Berwick, while de Lapp had been away on a long walk, as he said, among the hills. |
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