[Evan Harrington by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookEvan Harrington CHAPTER XVI 18/25
It was a man of forty guessed "Latin." I request the Hon.
Hamilton Everard Jocelyn to confirm it.' Amid laughter and exclamations Hamilton confessed himself the man who had guessed Latin to be the cause of Miss Current's remaining an old maid; Rose, crying: 'You really are too clever, Aunt Bel!' A divergence to other themes ensued, and then Miss Jenny Graine said: 'Isn't Juley learning Latin? I should like to join her while I'm here.' 'And so should I,' responded Rose.
'My friend Evan is teaching her during the intervals of his arduous diplomatic labours.
Will you take us into your class, Evan ?' 'Don't be silly, girls,' interposed Aunt Bel.
'Do you want to graduate for my state with your eyes open ?' Evan objected his poor qualifications as a tutor, and Aunt Bel remarked, that if Juley learnt Latin at all, she should have regular instruction. 'I am quite satisfied,' said Juley, quietly. 'Of course you are,' Rose snubbed her cousin.
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