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MARGARET CRAVEN;

OR,

BEAUTY OF THE HEART.

BY THE

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AUTHOR OF THE LOST KEY," "THE GOLDEN MUSHROOM,"

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Instituted 1799.

DEPOSITORIES, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD,
AND 164, PICCADILLY; AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

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209.

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MARGARET CRAVEN;

OR,

BEAUTY OF THE HEART.

CHAPTER I.

NOT many years ago there stood, at a little distance from the dusty high road which passed through a quiet agricultural village in one of the midland counties of England, a pretty-looking house, known, from the circumstance of its having a thatched roof, by the name of "The Thatched Cottage." Over the front, as well as from the rustic porch, hung clematis, roses, and other climbing plants. Against one end was trained a large apricot tree, which, every summer might be seen thickly studded with rich golden fruit, while over the other ran a

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