Certainly Mrs. Churchill's plan, for her grandaughter to look the best, was any thing but efficacious, in the first instance; for Ethel sank back, pale, and almost fainting.
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Certainly Mrs. Churchill's plan, for her grandaughter to look the best, was any thing but efficacious, in the first instance; for Ethel sank back, pale, and almost fainting.
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