Word: tear
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...asked me one day whether the college course fitted me for the ministry. And little Hope came running to meet me the other day with the strange question, "Is n't Harvard the best college in the world, Mr. Tournville?" I suppose they had been quarrelling a little, for tear-drops glistened on Charity's long lashes. They're queer girls! I don't see why they should get excited on the education question. I 'm surprised, too, that they speak to me so spitefully about the "Annex;" I don't understand them...
...like a tree, grief bears a fruit, - the tear...