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Diana of the Crossways

CHAPTER II
18/25

He interjected: 'Irish men and English women! though it's putting the cart before the horse--the copper pennies where the gold guineas should be.

So here's the gentleman who takes the oyster, like the lawyer of the fable.
English is he?
But we read, the last shall be first.

And English women and Irish men make the finest coupling in the universe.' 'Well, you must submit to see an Irish woman led out by an English man,' said Lady Dunstane, at the same time informing the obedient Diana, then bestowing her hand on Mr.Redworth to please her friend, that he was a schoolfellow of her husband's.
'Favour can't help coming by rotation, except in very extraordinary circumstances, and he was ahead of me with you, and takes my due, and 'twould be hard on me if I weren't thoroughly indemnified.' Mr.Sullivan Smith bowed.

'You gave them just the start over the frozen minute for conversation; they were total strangers, and he doesn't appear a bad sort of fellow for a temporary mate, though he's not perfectly sure of his legs.

And that we'll excuse to any man leading out such a fresh young beauty of a Bright Eyes--like the stars of a winter's night in the frosty season over Columkill, or where you will, so that's in Ireland, to be sure of the likeness to her.' 'Her mother was half English.' 'Of course she was.


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