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Tarne

American  
[tahr-nee] / ˈtɑr ni /

noun

  1. (in theIliad ) Sardis.


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"Ay, ay—that 's right," chorused the good friends; and then Sophie Tarne, not without an extra plunging of the heart beneath her white crossover, unlocked the stout oaken door and let in her unwelcome visitors.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Thomas Hardy

And now Sophie Tarne and her mother were staying for a few days longer at Maythorpe Farm after the funeral.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Thomas Hardy

Mrs. Tarne was the most restless of the three women.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Thomas Hardy

The maids were huddled in a heap together in a corner of the dairy, and refused to budge an inch, and Mrs. Tarne was shaking more than Mrs. Pemberthy.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Thomas Hardy

But nobody would go to the door save Sophie Tarne herself.

From Stories by English Authors: England by Thomas Hardy

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