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"Sister" Quotes from Famous Books

... the hall, steps on the stairs. Her door was unlocked and there entered no tray of prisoner's fare, no reproachful step-father, no Protestant sister, but a brisk and well-loved aunt, who shut ...

— The Incomplete Amorist • E. Nesbit

... his sister. "I wish you wouldn't call me Cynthia Ann! I can't imagine why you've taken to ...

— Flood Tide • Sara Ware Bassett

... however, was to know nothing of this. Her object, of course, was to get Winifred out of my way. The aunt's address was furnished by a Mr. Lacon of Dullingham, an old friend of Wynne's, who also, it seems, was ignorant of the aunt's death. This aunt, a sister of Winifred's mother, named Davies, the widow of a sea captain who had once known better days, resided in an old cottage between Bettws y Coed and Capel Curig. Shales had found no difficulty in persuading Winifred to go with him, for she had now sunk into a condition ...

— Aylwin • Theodore Watts-Dunton

... boarding-house isn't my line. But what could I do? My sister-in-law had it, and I was with her. And when she died... Besides, I dare say I can keep a boarding-house as well as plenty of other people. But—well, it's ...

— Clayhanger • Arnold Bennett

... 'tis given out: I could not see her woman: But, for your sister, what you heard is true; I saw her at the inn: They told me, she was brought in late last night; By a young cavalier, they ...

— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. II • Edited by Walter Scott

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