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Evan Harrington

CHAPTER XXIX
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She was therefore sensitive tenfold to appearances; savage if one failed to keep up her lie to her, and was guilty of a shadow of difference of behaviour.

The pic-nic over, our General would evacuate Beckley Court, and shake the dust off her shoes, and leave the harvest of what she had sown to Providence.

Till then, respect, and the honours of war! So the Countess snubbed him, and he being full of wine, fell into the hands of Juliana, who had witnessed the little scene.
'She has made a fool of others as well as of you,' said Juliana.
'How has she ?' he inquired.
'Never mind.

Do you want to make her humble and crouch to you ?' 'I want to see Harrington,' said Harry.
'He will not return to-night from Fallow field.

He has gone there to get Mr.Andrew Cogglesby's brother to do something for him.


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