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One of Our Conquerors

CHAPTER XI
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And now that my sisters are married...

My brother has a man's hardness.' 'Colonel Dreighton did not speak harshly, at our last meeting.' 'He spoke of me ?' 'He spoke in the tone of a brother.' 'Victor promises--I won't repeat it.

Yes, I see the house! There appears to be a prospect, a hope--I cannot allude to it.

Craye and Creckholt may have been some lesson to him.

Selwyn spoke of me kindly?
Ah, yes, it is the way with my people to pretend that Victor has been the ruin of me, that they may come round to family sentiments.


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