[Sandra Belloni by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookSandra Belloni CHAPTER XXIV 14/36
An Englishman and a Greek conjoined, zey beat ze world! It is true, ma foi.
For zat, I seek you, and not a countryman. A Frenchman ?--oh, no! A German ?--not a bit! A Russian ?--never! A Yankee ?--save me! I am a Greek--I take an Englishman." "Well, well, you must leave me to think it over," said Mr.Pole, pleasantly smoothed down.
"As to honesty, that's a matter of course with us: that's the mere footing we go upon.
We don't plume ourselves upon what's general, here.
There is, I regret to say, a difference between us and other nations.
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