[The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Duke’s Children CHAPTER XI 12/17
How was this transfer of her love to be effected? Let her go here because she will meet the heir of this wealthy house who may probably be smitten by her charms; or there because that other young lordling would make a fit husband for her.
Let us contrive to throw her into the arms of this man, or put her into the way of that man.
Was his girl to be exposed to this? Surely that method of bargaining to which he had owed his own wife would be better than that.
Let it be said,--only he himself most certainly could not be the person to say it,--let it be said to some man of rank and means and fairly good character: "Here is a wife for you with so many thousand pounds, with beauty, as you can see for yourself, with rank and belongings of the highest; very good in every respect;--only that as regards her heart she thinks she has given it to a young man named Tregear.
No marriage there is possible; but perhaps the young lady might suit you ?" It was thus he had been married.
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