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eileen

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Eileen, alternatively spelt Aileen , is an Irish feminine given name with the pronunciation aɪliːn. It is the anglicised spelling of the Irish Gaelic Eibhlín, which derives from the Gaelic version of Aveline, Aibhilín. Aveline, which originally came to ...

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But that was what Eileen missed, working an audience, feeling all their eyes on you and knowing if you played it right you could keep them there, glued.

Montero led the way, followed closely by Eileen Mulkerin and behind her, Mariana.

Along the skyline they went, Montero leading, followed by Mariana and the pack animals, then Eileen Mulkerin and Sean.

Angelena was a woman of no scruples to speak of but considerable loyalty, and one of these loyalties was to Eileen Mulkerin.

In that extremity Eileen Mulkerin came riding by, saw no smoke from the chimney and the door standing open.

Rae turned and saw Eileen Tan strolling over to join their conversation.

She turned to Eileen as Jessica used a nearby phone to schedule the tests that Catherine had ordered.

Rae stuffed the others inside the chart and then studied the one Eileen held in her hand.

As Eileen scribbled the information on a nearby pad, Rae scanned through the rest of the chart notes.

The back doors were open, and standing in front was one of the twin attendants who had brought Meredith Bey over, and, according to Eileen Tan, had also transported Nola Payne.

Smiling, she crossed the room and he turned to greet her, Eileen bending to plant a red-lipped kiss on the oval of thinning hair where the scalp showed through.

When they had first started living together he had insisted upon picking her up outside whichever hotel or club she had been working, but Eileen had insisted it was bad for business and finally convinced him it was true.

The crowd, grinning, egging one another on, clapped louder and louder as Eileen arched backwards, taking her weight on the palms of her hands, the first brave volunteer being pushed towards her by his mates.

There was a light burning on the landing, another in the back room, and Eileen stood for a full minute on the step, key poised, running over her excuses in her head.

Argos I when it was on the other side of the world, Eileen wanted to try to get to know her sister again.