[One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookOne of Our Conquerors CHAPTER XIX 30/31
I want to know what comes of it,' said the doctor. 'There's a good opportunity, one sees.
But, mark me, it will all end in satire upon poor Old England.
According to Colney, we excel in nothing.' 'I do not think there is a country that could offer the entertainment for which I am indebted to you to-day.' 'Ah, my friend, and you like their voices? The contralto ?' 'Exquisite.' Dr.Themison had not spoken the name of Radnor. 'Shall we see you at our next Concert-evening in town ?' said Victor; and hearing 'the privilege' mentioned, his sharp bright gaze cleared to limpid.
'You have seen how it stands with us here!' At once he related what indeed Dr.Themison had begun speculatively to think might be the case. Mrs.Burman Radnor had dropped words touching a husband, and of her desire to communicate with him, in the event of her being given over to the surgeons: she had said, that her husband was a greatly gifted man; setting her head in a compassionate swing.
This revelation of the husband soon after, was filling.
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