『The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886.』is a free novelette e-book of Various available on Project Gutenberg. It has 15,962 words and may take about 1h to read.
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"Merle, I may be a little old-fashioned in my notions; middle-aged people never adjust their ideas quite in harmony with you young folk, but in my day we never paused to count fifty at a full stop."
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