The Village of the Poes (Page 34)

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Glen Smith:
Anyhow, I can go home alive.
Baron Portsnell:
Ha ha…you took my son's word seriously? You are very credulous.
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Glen Smith:
Is this jasmine?
Lady Portsnell:
Rose, sir.
Baron Portsnell:
…We live
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Baron Portsnell:
in a peculiar…old-fashioned way.
Glen Smith's Narration:
It surely was old-fashioned. But Edgar's alleged adoptive parents whom I met that morning, Baron Portsnell and his wife…
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Glen Smith's Narration
…were composed and spoke in pleasant tones…
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Glen Smith's Narration:
The color of the youth's eyes had not changed but his attitude was much softer.
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Lady Portsnell:
Marybel!