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I had suspected, both from your frequent visits to the Shrubberies, and from a way in which you occasionally spoke of Miss Pierce, that you loved her.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

So we shall be married in September, at the Shrubberies, and sail for Europe almost immediately.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

It was really a relief to this terrible inactivity, when he found himself actually at the Shrubberies, the afternoon before the wedding.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

Those of his class, admitted within the hospitable gate of the Shrubberies, were usually persons of literary, artistic, or dramatic leanings and connections, of which he was quite innocent.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

The sight of the party on the veranda of the Shrubberies brought a return of self-consciousness to Peter, and he braced himself, as the trap slowed up, for the agony of formal greetings.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester