[East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood]@TWC D-Link bookEast Lynne CHAPTER X 11/31
"We want our debts paid." "But this is not the place to come to," returned Mr.Carlyle; "your coming here flocking in this extraordinary manner, will do no good.
You must go to Warburton & Ware." "We have been to them and received their answer--a cool assurance that there'll be nothing for anybody." "At any rate, you'll get nothing here," observed Mr.Carlyle, to the assembly, collectively.
"Allow me to request that you leave the house at once." It was little likely that they would for him, and they said it. "Then I warn you of the consequences of a refusal," quietly said Mr. Carlyle; "you are trespassing upon a stranger's property.
This house is not Lord Mount Severn's; he sold it some time back." They knew better.
Some laughed, and said these tricks were stale. "Listen, gentlemen," rejoined Mr.Carlyle, in the plain, straightforward manner that carried its own truth.
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