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Lydia's Legacy and the Parrot Predicts a Match
Lydia Thorne inherits a parrot from her uncle's widow and travels with the bird to her cousin’s home. The parrot repeatedly foresees marriage to Stephen Wood, who turns out to be the handsome coal businessman Lydia meets at the station and later returns Polly to her.
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Lydia ‘Thorne
Sidney Ransom
Lydia
Mrs. Ransom
Polly
Pouirce
Severa
Stillwater
Lydia Thorne
Lyddy
Stephen
Neixy
Stey
Lydd
Jytt
Lydian
Susan Ransom
Susan
Viele Ransom
Mrs. Brent
Stephen Wood
Mr. Wood
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