[Lord Ormont and his Aminta by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookLord Ormont and his Aminta CHAPTER III 9/44
Why can't I drive Ormont? Because I'm too fond of him.
There you have the secret of the subjection of women: they can hold their own, and a bit more, when they've no enemy beating inside." "Hearts!--ah, well, it's possible.
I don't say no; I've not discovered them," Lord Adderwood observed. They are rarely discovered in the haunts he frequented. Her allusion to Mrs.Lawrence Finchley rapped him smartly, and she admired his impassiveness under the stroke.
Such a spectacle was one of her pleasures. Lady Charlotte mentioned incidentally her want of a tutor for her grandson Leo during the winter holidays.
He suggested an application to the clergyman of her parish.
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