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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    1:18 pm
    @@@@@And there must be your approach,
    @@@@@And there must be your approach, through
    what is at present the gardenYou must make a new garden at what
    is now the back of the house; which will be giving it the best aspect
    in the world, sloping to the south-eastThe ground seems precisely
    formed for itI rode fifty yards up the lane, between the church and
    the house, in order to look about me; and saw how it might all be
    Nothing can be easierThe meadows beyond what will be the garden,
    as well as what now is, sweeping round from the lane I stood in
    to the north-east, that is, to the principal road through the village,
    must be all laid together, of course; very pretty meadows they are,
    210
    Mansfield Park
    finely sprinkled with timberThey belong to the living, I suppose; if
    not, you must purchase themThen the stream—something must
    be done with the stream; but I could not quite determine whatI
    had two or three ideas
    “And I have two or three ideas also,” said Edmund, “and one of
    them is, that very little of your plan for Thornton Lacey will ever be
    put in practiceI must be satisfied with rather less ornament and
    beautyI think the house and premises may be made comfortable,
    and given the air of a gentleman’s residence, without any very heavy
    expense, and that must suffice me; and, I hope, may suffice all who
    care about me
    Miss Crawford, a little suspicious and resentful of a certain tone
    of voice, and a certain half-look attending the last expression of his
    hope, made a hasty finish of her dealings with William Price; and
    securing his knave at an exorbitant rate, exclaimed, “There, I will
    stake my last like a woman of spiritNo cold prudence for meI am
    not born to sit still and do nothingIf I lose the game, it shall not be
    from not striving for it
    The game was hers, and only did not pay her for what she had
    given to secure itAnother deal proceeded, and Crawford began
    again about Thornton Lacey
    “My plan may not be the best possible: I had not many minutes
    to form it in; but you must do a good dealThe place deserves it,
    and you will find yourself not satisfied with much less than it is
    capable of(Excuse me, your ladyship must not see your cardsThere,
    let them lie just before you The place deserves it, BertramYou
    talk of giving it the air of a gentleman’s residenceThat will be done
    by the removal of the farmyard; for, independent of that terrible
    nuisance, I never saw a house of the kind which had in itself so
    much the air of a gentleman’s residence, so much the look of a something
    above a mere parsonage-house—above the expenditure of a
    few hundreds a ye
    7:07 am
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    Get away from me, David! screamed Jason Bourne in the silence of his mindLet me be the killer
    you cannot be!
    With each scissoring cut into the thick, high wire fence, he understood the inevitable, confirmed
    by his heavy breathing and the sweat that fell from his hairlineNo matter how hard he tried to keep
    his body in reasonable shape, he was fifty years of age; he could not do with ease what he did
    thirteen years ago in Paris when, under orders, he had stalked the JackalIt was something to think
    about, not dwell uponThere were Marie and his children now—David’s wife, David’s children—
    and there was nothing he could not do as long as he willed it! David Webb was disappearing replica tiffany jewelry from
    his psyche, only the predator Jason Bourne would remain
    He was through! He crawled inside and stood up, instinctively, rapidly checking his equipment
    with the fingers of both handsWeapons: an automatic, as well as a CO2 dart pistol; Zeiss Ikon
    binoculars; a scabbarded hunting knifeThey were all the predator needed, for he was now behind
    the lines in enemy territory, the enemy that would lead him to CarlosThe bastard battalion from Vietnam, the unlogged, unsanctioned, unacknowledged
    collection of killers and misfits who roamed the jungles of Southeast Asia directed by Command
    Saigon, the original death squads who brought Saigon more intelligence input than all the necklace chanel searchand-
    destroys put togetherJason Bourne had come out of Medusa with David Webb only a
    memory—a scholar who had another wife, other children, all slaughtered
    General Norman Swayne had been an elite member of Command Saigon, the sole supplier of the
    old MedusaAnd now there was a new Medusa: different, massive, evil incarnate cloaked in
    contemporary respectability, searching out and destroying whole segments of global economies, all
    for the benefit of the few, all financed by the profits from a long-ago bastard battalion, unlogged,
    unacknowledged—non-historyThis modern Medusa was the bridge to Carlos the JackalThe
    assassin would find the principals irresistible as clients, and both camps would replica cartier demand the death of
    Jason BourneThat had to happen! And for it to happen, Bourne had to learn the secrets concealed
    within the grounds belonging to General Swayne, head of all procurements for the Pentagon, a
    panicked man with a small tattoo on his inner forearm
    Without sound or warning, a black Doberman crashed through the dense foliage, its frenzy in
    full forceJason whipped the CO2 pistol from its nylon holster as the salivating attack dog lunged
    for his stomach, its teeth baredHe fired into its head; the dart took effect in secondsHe cradled
    the animal’s unconscious body to the ground
    Cut its throat! roared Jason Bourne in silence
    No, countered his other self, David WebbBlame the chanel bag price trainer, not the animal
    Get away from me, David!
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    9
    1
    The cacophony spun out of control as the crowds swelled through the amusement park in the
    countryside on the outskirts of BaltimoreThe summer night was hot, and nearly everywhere faces
    and necks were drenched with sweat, except for those screaming as they plunged over the crests of
    a roller coaster, or shrieking as they plummeted down the narrow, twisting gullies of racing water
    in torpedo sledsThe garishly colored, manically blinking lights along the midway were joined by
    the grating sounds of emphatic music metallically erupting out of an excess of loudspeakers—
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    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    1:18 pm
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    minstrel-show language, ‘In the focus, it could be bigger than bo’fus
    “In my considered opinion there’s, nothing bigger than the Jackal! Not for meThe rest can go
    to hell
    “I’m on your side and I’ll go to the wall shouting itI just wanted you to know my thoughts
    Except for a brief and pretty rotten mulberry bayswater interlude, we never kept anything from each other, David
    “I prefer Jason these days
    “Yes, I know,” interrupted Conklin“I hate it but I understand
    “Do you?”
    “Yes,” said Alex softly, nodding as he closed his eyes“I’d do anything to change it but I can’tIn that serpentine mind of yours—Cactus’s description, incidentally—
    conjure up the worst scenario you can think gold gucci watch of and shove those bastards against another wall, one
    they can’t get away from unscathed unless they follow your instructions down to the letterThose
    orders will be to stay quiet and wait for you to call and tell them who to reach and what to say
    Conklin looked over at his damaged friend with guilt and concern“There may be a scenario in
    place that I mens gucci watches can’t match,” said Alex quietly“I won’t make another mistake, not in that areaI need
    more than what I’ve got
    Bourne clasped his hands, flesh angrily grinding flesh in frustrationHe stared at the scattered
    printouts in front of him, frowning, wincing, his jaw pulsatingIn seconds a sudden passivity came
    over him; he sat back on the couch and spoke as quietly as chanel logo earrings Conklin“All right, you’ll get itI’ll need names, residences, schedules and methods of security, favorite
    restaurants and bad habits, if any are knownTell your boys to go to workAll night, if
    necessary
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    55
    “What the hell do you think you’re going to do?” shouted Conklin, his frail body lurching
    forward in the black gucci watch armchair
    7:07 am
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    father A brief silence fellWhy on earth doesn't that Felicity
    person say something more about Rhett? Scarlett thoughtIt was
    Roger
    who brought up the name
    Butler, he said, offered some good shooting if he came back in the
    autumnSeems he had rice fields gone to grass and the ducks
    practically landed on the tiffany heart tag barrel of your gunScarlett tore a roll
    into fragmentsWho gave two cents about ducks? The other
    Englishmen
    did, it seemedThey talked about shooting throughout the main
    course
    of dinnerShe was thinking she'd have done better to stay with Bridie
    when her ears picked up a low-toned private conversation between
    Felicity and her sister, whose chanel bag classic name turned out to be MarjorieBoth of
    them thought Rhett one of the most intriguing men they'd ever met
    Scarlett listened with mixed feelings of curiosity and pride"A shame
    he's so devoted to his wife," Marjorie said and Scarlett's heart
    sank
    "Such a colorless little thing, too," Felicity saidScarlett felt a
    little bit better"Out and gucci mens watch out rebound, I heardDidn't anyone tell
    you? He was married before, to an absolute tearing beautyShe ran
    off with another man and left Rhett Butler flatHe's never gotten
    over"
    "Gracious, Marjorie, can you imagine what the other man must be
    like if she'd leave the Butler man for him?" Scarlett smiled to
    herselfShe was enormously mulberry bayswater gratified to know that gossip had her
    leaving Rhett and not the other way aroundShe felt much better
    than
    when she'd sat downShe might even have some dessertThe
    following
    day the English discovered ScarlettThe three young people agreed
    that she was a superbly romantic figure, a mysterious young widow
    "Damned nice looking, too," Roger discount fendi add
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    1:23 pm
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    Scarlett lowered herself onto a small chairIf only Rhett were there
    to join the tea partyBut he wasn't, and he never would be, and she
    had to accept itHe would have tea parties with his other child,
    his other children-by AnneScarlett resisted the impulse to grab Cat
    in her arms"I'd like two lumps of sugar, please, Miss O'Hara," she
    saidThat night Scarlett couldn't sleep
    She louis vuitton logo sat upright in the center of her exquisite French bed with her
    silk-covered eiderdown wrapped closely around her for warmthBut
    the
    warmth and comfort she wanted was to feel Rhett's arms around her,
    to
    hear his deep voice mocking the disastrous party until she could laugh
    at it and at the error of giving itShe wanted comfort for her
    disappointmentShe wanted love, grown-up gucci ladies watches caring and
    understanding
    Her heart had learned to love, it was overflowing with love, and she
    had nowhere to spend itDamn Rhett for getting in the way! Why
    couldn't she love Bart Morland? He was kind, he was attractive,
    Scarlett enjoyed being with himIf she really wanted him, she didn't
    doubt for a minute that she could make him forget Grace Hastings
    But
    she didn't want him, chanel handbags sale that was the problemShe didn't want anybody
    except RhettIt's not fair! she thought, like a childAnd, like a
    child, eventually she cried herself to sleep
    When she woke, she was in control of herself once moreSo what if
    everyone had hated her party? So what if Colum hadn't stayed more
    than
    ten minutes? She had other friends, and she was going to make lots
    moreNow that the knock off louis vuitton house was finally done, Charlotte was busy as a
    spider spinning a web with plans about the futureAnd in the
    meantime, the weather was perfect for hunting, and MrsSims had
    made
    a tremendously becoming riding habit for herScarlett rode to Sir
    John Morland's hunt in styleShe was riding a saddle horse and was
    accompanied by two grooms leading Half Moon and Comet, one of louis vuitton duffle bag her
    new
    hun
    7:07 am
    @@@@@ Melanie and I thought a lot about
    @@@@@
    Melanie and I thought a lot about JamieMostly we worried that we had damaged him by
    coming here, that we were injuring him nowWhat was a kept promise in comparison with
    that?
    Time lost meaningIt could have been sunset, it could have been dawn–I had no references
    here, buried in the earthMelanie and I ran out of topics for discussionWe flipped through our
    joint memories apathetically, like switching TV channels without stopping to watch anything in
    particularI napped once but could not fall soundly asleep because I was so uncomfortable
    When Jeb finally came back, I could have kissed his leathery faceHe leaned into my cell with a
    grin stretching his cheeks
    “'Bout time for another walk?” he asked me
    “I'll do it,” Jared growled
    I hesitated, crouched awkwardly in the mouth of my cave, until Jeb nodded at me
    “Go ahead,” he told me
    I climbed out, stiff and unsteady, and took Jeb's offered hand to balance myselfJared made a
    sound of revulsion and turned his face awayHe was holding the gun tightly, his knuckles white
    over the barrelI didn't like to see it in his handsIt bothered me more than it did with Jeb
    Jared didn't make allowances for me the way Jeb hadHe stalked off into the black tunnel
    without pausing for me to catch up
    It was hard–he didn't make much noise and he didn't guide me, so I had to walk with one hand
    in front of my face and one hand on the wall, trying not to run into the rockI fell twice on the
    uneven floorThough he did not help me, he did wait till he could hear that I was on my feet
    again to continueOnce, hurrying through a straighter section of the tube, I got too close and
    my searching hand touched his back, traced across the shape of his shoulders, before I realized
    that I hadn't reached another wallHe jumped ahead, jerking out from under my fingers with an
    angry hi
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    1:26 pm
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    “I know,” he said, his tone complacent
    It was quiet for a moment, just the sounds of our footsteps echoing, low and muffled, from the
    tunnel walls
    “It doesn't seem fair,” Ian finally said“I've been thinking about it a lot, and I can't see how
    killing you would make anything rightIt would be like executing a private for a general's war
    crimesNow, I don't buy all of hermes purse Jeb's crazy theories–it would be nice to believe, sure, but just
    because you want something to be true doesn't make it that wayWhether he's right or wrong,
    though, you don't appear to mean us any harmI have to admit, you seem honestly fond of that
    boyIt's very strange to watchAnyway, as long as you don't put us in danger, it seems…cruel
    to kill youWhat's one more misfit omega seamaster watch in this place?”
    I thought about the wordmisfit for a momentIt might have been the truest description of me
    I'd ever heardWhere had I ever fit in?
    How strange that Ian, of all the humans, should have such a surprisingly gentle interiorI didn't
    realize thatcruelty would seem a negative to him
    He waited in silence while I considered all this
    “If you don't want to kill ladies omega constellation me, then why did you come with me today?” I asked
    He paused again before answering
    “I'm not sure that…” He hesitated“Jeb thinks things have calmed down, but I'm not
    completely sure about thatThere're still a few people… Anyway, Doc and I have been trying to
    keep an eye on you when we canSending you down the south tunnel seemed like
    pushing your luck, to meBut that's chanel sale what Jeb does best–he pushes luck as far as it will go
    “You… you and Doc are trying toprotect me?”
    “Strange world, isn't it?”
    It was a few seconds before I could answer
    “The strangest,” I finally agreed
    CHAPTER 25
    Compelled
    Another week passed, maybe two–there seemed little point in keeping track of time here, where
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    7:15 am
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    "Pretty fuggin funny," Gallagher muttered half to himselfHe was a short man with a bunched wiry body that gave the impression of being gnarled and sourHis face, in character with this, was chanel purses small and ugly, pocked with the scars of a severe acne which had left his skin lumpy, spotted with swatches of purple-redPerhaps it was the color of his face, or it might have been the shape of his long Irish nose, which slanted resentfully to the side, but he always looked wrothYet, he was only twenty-four
    The seven of hearts was showingHe looked cautiously at his two buried cards, discovered both of them were also hearts, and allowed himself a little chanel logo earrings
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    1:18 pm
    @@@@@ He pounded his pillow smooth"Sleeping on
    @@@@@ He pounded his pillow smooth"Sleeping on top of your own filthy clothes, wearing dirty clothes to sleepNobody lives like thatHe was next to the youngest of seven brothers and sisters, and until he went to an orphanage he had always slept with a blanket spread out on the floor near a coal stove in the center of the roomWhen the fire died down in the middle of the night the first child to become chilled would get up and fill the stove again"It ain't so bad wearin' dirty clothes," he told Minetta, "it keeps the bugs off ya He had washed his own clothing since he was five years old
    "Ain't that a hell of a choice?" Minetta asked"Smell your own stink or get carried away by the bugs He was thinking of the clothes he used to wearHe was always known as the best dresser on the block, the first kid to pick up the new dance steps, and now he had a shirt which was two sizes too big for him"Hey, did you hear that joke about Army clothes?" he asked"It comes in two sizes, too large and too small
    "I heard it," Polack said Minetta remembered the way he would spend an hour in the middle of an afternoon dressing himself carefully, and combing his hair several timesIt gave him pleasure to do that even when he had no place to go"You tell me how to get out of the Army, and I'll say you can beat every game
    "There's ways," Polack said
    "Sure, you can go to heaven too, but who does?"
    "There's ways," Polack repeated mysteriously again, nodding his head in the darknessMinetta could just make out his profile, and he decided that he looked like a cartoon of Uncle Sam with his hooked broken nose and his long jaw slanting back to his receded gums
    "Well, what way?" Minetta asked
    "You ain't got the guts for it," Polack said
    "I don't see you getting out," Minetta persisted
    Polack's voice was rasping and humorous"I like it in the Army," he
    7:07 am
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    rooms, with as many roofs as windows; it is not cramped into the
    vulgar compactness of a square farmhouse: it is a solid, roomy, mansion-
    like looking house, such as one might suppose a respectable
    old country family had lived in from generation to generation,
    through two centuries at least, and were now spending from two to
    211
    Jane Austen
    three thousand a year in Miss Crawford listened, and Edmund
    agreed to this“The air of a gentleman’s residence, therefore, you
    cannot but give it, if you do anythingBut it is capable of much
    more(Let me see, Mary; Lady Bertram bids a dozen for that queen;
    no, no, a tiffany wholesale dozen is more than it is worthLady Bertram does not bid
    a dozenShe will have nothing to say to it By some
    such improvements as I have suggested (I do not really require you
    to proceed upon my plan, though, by the bye, I doubt anybody’s
    striking out a better) you may give it a higher characterYou may
    raise it into a placeFrom being the mere gentleman’s residence, it
    becomes, by judicious improvement, the residence of a man of education,
    taste, modern manners, good connexionsAll this may be
    stamped on it; and that house receive such an air as to make its
    owner be set down as the great landholder of the parish by every
    creature travelling the road; gucci men's watch especially as there is no real squire’s
    house to dispute the point—a circumstance, between ourselves, to
    enhance the value of such a situation in point of privilege and independence
    beyond all calculationYou think with me, I hope” (turning
    with a softened voice to Fanny)“Have you ever seen the place?”
    Fanny gave a quick negative, and tried to hide her interest in the
    subject by an eager attention to her brother, who was driving as
    hard a bargain, and imposing on her as much as he could; but
    Crawford pursued with “No, no, you must not part with the queen
    You have bought her too dearly, and your brother does not offer
    half her valueNo, no, sir, hands off, hands cartier pasha watch offYour sister does not
    part with the queenShe is quite determinedThe game will be
    yours,” turning to her again; “it will certainly be yours
    “And Fanny had much rather it were William’s,” said Edmund,
    smiling at her“Poor Fanny! not allowed to cheat herself as she
    wishes!”
    “MrBertram,” said Miss Crawford, a few minutes afterwards,
    “you know Henry to be such a capital improver, that you cannot
    possibly engage in anything of the sort at Thornton Lacey without
    accepting his helpOnly think how useful he was at Sotherton! Only
    think what grand things were produced there by our all going with
    him one hot day in August to drive about the grounds, and see black chanel tote his
    genius take fireThere we went, and there we came home again;
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    Mansfield Park
    and what was done there is not to be told!”
    Fanny’s eyes were turned on Crawford for a moment with an expression
    more than grave—even reproachful; but on catching his,
    were instantly withdrawnWith something of consciousness he shook
    his head at his sister, and laughingly replied, “I cannot say there was
    much done at Sotherton; but it was a hot day, and we were all walking
    after each other, and bewildered As soon as a general buzz gave
    him shelter, he added, in a low voice, directed solely at Fanny, “I
    should be sorry to have my powers of planning judged of by the day
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    1:16 pm
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    was an unnatural state of things; a state which he must break through,
    and which he could easily learn to think she was wanting him to
    break through
    “I will speak to her, sir: I will take the first opportunity of speaking
    to her alone,” was the result of such thoughts as these; and upon
    Sir Thomas’s information of her being at that very time walking
    alone in the shrubbery, he instantly joined her
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    “I am come to walk with you, Fanny,” said he“Shall I?” Drawing
    her arm within his“It is a long while since we have had a comfortable
    walk together
    She assented to it all rather by look than wordHer spirits were
    low
    “But, Fanny,” he presently added, “in order to have a comfortable
    walk, something more is necessary than merely pacing this gravel
    togetherI know you have something on your
    mindI know what you are thinking ofYou cannot suppose me
    uninformedAm I to omega watches prices hear of it from everybody but Fanny herself?”
    Fanny, at once agitated and dejected, replied, “If you hear of it
    from everybody, cousin, there can be nothing for me to tell
    “Not of facts, perhaps; but of feelings, FannyNo one but you can
    tell me themI do not mean to press you, howeverIf it is not what
    you wish yourself, I have doneI had thought it might be a relief
    “I am afraid we think too differently for me to find any relief in
    talking of what I feel
    “Do you gucci ladies watch suppose that we think differently? I have no idea of itI
    dare say that, on a comparison of our opinions, they would be found
    as much alike as they have been used to be: to the point—I consider
    Crawford’s proposals as most advantageous and desirable, if you
    could return his affectionI consider it as most natural that all your
    family should wish you could return it; but that, as you cannot, you
    have done exactly as you ought in refusing himCan there be dolce sale any
    disagreement between us here?”
    “Oh no! But I thought you blamed meI thought you were against
    meThis is such a comfort!”
    “This comfort you might have had sooner, Fanny, had you sought
    itBut how could you possibly suppose me against you? How could
    you imagine me an advocate for marriage without love? Were I even
    careless in general on such matters, how could you imagine me so
    where your happiness was at stake?”
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    “What in heaven’s name are you talking about?” asked the senator, laughing as he spoke into the
    phone“Or should I say, what’s Al Armbruster trying to pull? He doesn’t need my sup port on the
    new bill and he wouldn’t get it if he didHe was a jackass in Saigon and he’s a jackass now, but
    he’s got the majority vote
    “We’re not talking about votes, SenatorWe’re talking about Snake Lady!”
    “The only snakes I knew in Saigon were jerks like Alby who crawled around the city ladies rolex watches pretending
    to know all the answers when there weren’t anyWho the hell are you anyway?” In Vienna,
    Virginia, Alex Conklin replaced the telephone
    ?? ?? ??
    Phillip Atkinson, ambassador to the Court of StJames’s, picked up his phone in London,
    assuming that the unnamed caller, code “courier D was bearing an exceptionally confidential
    instruction from the State Department and automatically; as was the order, Atkinson snapped the
    switch on his rarely used scramblerIt would create an eruption balenciaga handbag of static on British intelligence’s
    intercepts and later he would smile benignly at good friends in the Connaught bar who asked him if
    there was anything new out of Washington, knowing that this one or that one had “relatives” in MIFive
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    41
    “Yes, Courier District?”
    “MrAmbassador, I assume we can’t be picked up,” said the low, strained voice from
    Washington
    “Your assumption’s correct unless they’ve come up with a new type of Enigma, which santos cartier is
    unlikelyI want to take you back to Saigon, to a certain operation no one talks about—”
    “Who is this?” broke in Atkinson, bolting forward in his chair
    “The men in that outfit never used names, MrAmbassador, and we didn’t exactly advertise our
    commitments, did we?”
    “Goddamn you, who are you? I know you?”
    “No way, Phil, although I’m surprised you don’t recognize my voice
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    “Oh, my God!” cried Gates, visibly shakensomething’s gone wrong,
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    7:07 am
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    Scarlett was enchanted with the feminine pale-green-and-gilt furniture
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
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    7:15 am
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    278
    Mansfield Park
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    This was an order to be most joyfully obeyed; this was an act of
    kindness which Fanny felt at her heartTo be spared from her aunt
    Norris’s interminable reproaches! he left her in a glow of gratitud
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