[The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Amazing Marriage CHAPTER XXX 7/33
she did her best in love and duty for my lady. And behaves like a husband hating his wife's life on earth! Then he went down with good Mr.Woodseer, and called on Sally, pretending to inquire, after she was kidnapped by that Kit Ines acting to please his paytron, he must be shown up to the room where she slept, and stands at the door and peeps in, Sally's letter says, and asks if he may enter the room.
He went to the window looking on the chimneys she used to see, and touched an ornament over the fireplace, called grandfather's pigtail case--he was a sailor; only a ridiculous piece of china, that made my lady laugh about the story of its holding a pigtail.
But he turns it over because she did--Sally told him.
He couldn't be pretending when he bought the beautiful shop and stocked it for Sally.
He gets her lots of customers; and no rent to pay till next Michaelmas a year.
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