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Denzil Quarrier

CHAPTER XVIII
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See more of Molly; she does you good.

And, by-the-bye, it's time you called on the Catesbys.

They will always be very glad to see you." This family of Catesby was one of the few really distinguished in the neighbourhood.

Colonel Catesby, a long-retired warrior, did not mingle much with local society, but with his wife and daughter he had appeared at Denzil's first political dinner; they all "took to" their hostess, and had since manifested this liking in sundry pleasant ways.
Indeed, Lilian was become a social success--that is to say, with people who were at all capable of appreciating her.

Herein, as in other things, she had agreeably surprised Denzil.


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