[Evan Harrington by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link book
Evan Harrington

CHAPTER XXXII
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Mama likes her, I know.

But I wish she didn't mouth her words so precisely: it reminds me of--' the Countess, Rose checked herself from saying.
'Good-bye.

Thank heaven! the worst has happened.

Do you know what I should do if I were you, and felt at all distressed?
I should keep repeating,' Rose looked archly and deeply up under his eyelids, "'I am the son of a tradesman, and Rose loves me," over and over, and then, if you feel ashamed, what is it of ?' She nodded adieu, laughing at her own idea of her great worth; an idea very firmly fixed in her fair bosom, notwithstanding.

Mrs.Melville said of her, 'I used to think she had pride.' Lady Jocelyn answered, 'So she has.


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