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Widely it hovered in its nest of rose gardens, orange groves, avenues of water-oaks, and towering moss-draped pecans. A few hundred yards from the levee a slender railway, coming from the city, with a highway on either side, led into its station-house; but mainly the eye would have dwelt on that which filled the interval between the nearer high road and the levee--the "Carrollton Gardens."As they rode down to the door and came into the light that streamed from it, the crowd outside sent up a shout and pressed round him; but as they saw and recognized Esmeralda,[285] the shout died away for an instant, then rose with redoubled force, and her name was cried aloud. Those inside the saloon rushed to the door, Taffy and Bill giving vent to their pent-up feelings by loud yells. : 287, , -

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  II thought I saw her pass this way, he said.You will be able to rest during the journey, said Lady Wyndover. I am so glad that I arranged you should drive all the way, and not bother with trains! I hope you will find everything nice, andand Oh, dear! I have got to say good-bye now, and Im afraid Im going to break down, too! and the little woman, whose heart was of the truest metal, notwithstanding the gilt and tinsel of her exterior, put her arms round Esmeralda and hugged her just as any washer-woman might have hugged her newly married and just-departing daughter., , . , . - , 24

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  There is time for a turn in the park, said Lady Wyndover; that is, dear, if you are sure youre not tired., , -, .. , . , 31