[The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of Harry Richmond CHAPTER VI 21/32
We're sure of a foreign war some time.
Then you'll see fellows rise: lieutenant, captain, colonel, General--quick as barrels popping at a bird.
I should like to be Governor of Gibraltar.' 'I'll come and see you, Temple,' said I. 'Done! old Richie,' he said, grasping my hand warmly. 'The truth is, Temple,' I confided to him, 'I've an uncle-I mean a grandfather-of enormous property; he owns half Hampshire, I believe, and hates my father like poison.
I won't stand it.
You've seen my father, haven't you? Gentlemen never forget their servants, Temple.
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