Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1

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Miriam left the gaslit hall and went slowly upstairs. The March twilight lay upon the landings, but the staircase was almost dark. The top landing was quite dark and silent. There was no one about. It would be quiet in her room. She could sit by the fire and be quiet and think things over until Eve and Harriett came back with the parcels. She would have time to think about the journey and decide what she was going to say to the Fraulein.

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"Oh, well, it isn't so much what you've done—you have such a good time. ... Everybody admires you and all that... you know what I mean—you're so clever.... You're always in the right."

"That's just what everybody hates!"

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