rodicaso's

Updated: May 3, 2025

Chickson advanced with a sliding motion, and then paused, as if he had forgotten what to do. Mrs. A look of displeasure marred her serene features, and, instead of fainting away in Signor Rodicaso's arms, as she should have done, she dropped into the embrace of her father, taking that personage quite unexpectedly, and nearly knocking him off his chair.

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