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But to his intense disgust he was met at the threshold by his plump, pleasant-looking sister, who planted herself, arms akimbo, right in his way. "Well?" she said sharply, and with an attempt to look fierce which was a perfect failure, by the way, for Martha Gusset's was one of those countenances that never can by any possibility look angry, only a little comic when temper had the sway.
It certainly did strike me that that interference of Miss Gusset's about Julie to-day was, to say the least, very odd." "Oh, my dear madam! when you know her as well as I do, you will see she is always ready to put in a word." "Well! do you know, Dr.
Directly after there were a few parting words passing between Waller and the sergeant, the men joining in giving their young host a cheer, which struck very emptily upon Gusset's ear, and made him mutter vows about being even some day, as he scuffled across to get close up to the soldiers and march with them back to the village.
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