[One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookOne of Our Conquerors CHAPTER III 6/18
Fredi has another heroine now, though she worships her old one still; she never abandons her old ones.
You've heard the story over and over!' Mr.Fenellan nodded; he had a tenderness for the garrulity of Old Veuve, and for the damsel.
Chatter on that subject ran pleasantly with their entertainment. Mr.Radnor meanwhile scribbled, and despatched a strip of his Note-book, bearing a scrawl of orders, to his office.
He was now fully himself, benevolent, combative, gay, alert for amusement or the probeing of schemes to the quick, weighing the good and the bad in them with his fine touch on proportion. 'City dead flat? A monotonous key; but it's about the same as fetching a breath after a run; only, true, it lasts too long--not healthy! Skepsey will bring me my letters.
I was down in the country early this morning, looking over the house, with Taplow, my architect; and he speaks fairly well of the contractors.
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