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Thyrza

CHAPTER VII
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Well, I am prejudiced against the man, as you know.' 'He is a force.

It looks as if we should hear a good deal of him in the future.' 'Doubtless.

The incarnate ideal of British philistinism is sure to have a career before him.' The lady laughed.
Early in the afternoon Egremont took leave of his friend and returned to London.

It was his habit when in England, to run down to Eastbourne in this way about once a month.
Since the death of his father, his home had been represented by rooms in Great Russell Street.

He chose them on account of their proximity to the British Museum; at that time he believed himself destined to produce some monumental work of erudition: the subject had not defined itself, but his thoughts were then busy with the origins of Christianity, and it seemed to him that a study of certain Oriental literatures would be fruitful of results.


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