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| | Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker : Arthur's Classic Novels |
 | | This book, Northern Lights, belongs to an epoch which is a generation later than that in which Pierre and His People moved. |
 | | Then his face cleared again, and she got him his pipe and filled it, and held a coal to light it; and, as the smoke curled up, and he leaned back contentedly for the moment, she went to the door, drew open the curtains, and, stepping outside, raised her eyes to the horseshoe. |
 | | She saw the tobacco-juice stain at the corners of his mouth, she became conscious of the slight odour of spirits in the air, and the light in her face lowered in intensity. |
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