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Mystery

1896

Dr. Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story


L.T. Meade - 1896
    Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story:"Frere did not reply, but strode quickly down the village street. A dozen strides brought him up to Hetty's side. She was a beautiful girl, with a face and figure much above her station. Her hat was covered with wild flowers which she had picked in her walk, and coquettishly placed there. She wore a pink dress covered with rosebuds - some wild flowers were stuck into her belt. As Frere advanced to meet her, her laughing eyes were raised to his face - there was a curious mixture of timidity and audacity in their glance..."