[The Tragic Comedians by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tragic Comedians CHAPTER VII 21/40
Shall I spoil you as she spoilt me? No, no! Obedience to a boy is the recognition of the heir-apparent, and I respect the salique law as much as I love my love. I do not offer obedience to a girl, but succour, support.
You will not rule me, but you will invigorate, and if you are petted, you shall not be spoilt.
Do not expect me to show like that undertakerly tree till my years are one hundred.
Even then it will be dangerous to repose beneath my branches in the belief that I am sapless because I have changed colour.
We Jews have a lusty blood.
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