[Beatrice by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookBeatrice CHAPTER XVI 12/21
You know Mr. Dunstan, I think.
Dinner, Mary." Geoffrey apologised for being late, and shook hands politely with Mr. Dunstan--Saint Dunstan he was generally called on account of his rather clerical appearance and in sarcastic allusion to his somewhat shady reputation.
Then they went in to dinner. "Sorry there is no lady for you, Geoffrey; but you must have had plenty of ladies' society lately.
By the way, how is Miss--Miss Granger? Would you believe it, Mr.Dunstan? that shocking husband of mine has been passing the last month in the company of one of the loveliest girls I ever saw, who knows Latin and law and everything else under the sun.
She began by saving his life, they were upset together out of a canoe, you know.
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