[Sandra Belloni by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookSandra Belloni CHAPTER VIII 22/22
I remember it quite well. Of course I will keep my promise." A tumult of acclamation welcomed her words, and Jim looked immensely delighted. She was informed by several voices that they were the Yellow-and-Blues, and not the Blues: that she must not go to the wrong set: and that their booth was on Ipley Common: and that they, the Junction Club, only would honour her rightly for the honour she was going to do them: all of which Emilia said she would bear in mind. Jim then retired hastily, having done something that stout morning ale would alone have qualified him to perform.
The drum, in the noble belief that it was leading, announced the return march, and with three cheers for Squire Pole, and a crowning one for the ladies, away trooped the procession..
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