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...BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...NGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ... Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any c... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...n using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, F... ...blic schools, Gillian might fulfil her ardent desire of going to a ladies’ college. Wilfred was a hopeless subject. It might be doubted if he could ha... ...he account, which she illustrated by the discoveries she had made from the united witnesses. “And is it not delightful to see for once what Gerald rea... ...ked me up, brought me home, and they made me as much of an heir of all the traditions as nature would permit, all ignoring that not only 132 The Long... ...and all at Vale Leston. There is an old age of novelty about these eastern states, quite disgusting in comparison with the reverend dignity of such a ...