[The Amazing Marriage by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Amazing Marriage CHAPTER V 11/21
I do not care for company.
He must love me a little.' 'He is one of the warm-hearted race--he's mother's brother; but where his heart is, I 've not discovered. Bear with him just for the present, my dear, till I am able to support you.' 'I will,' she said. The dreary vision of a home with an unloving uncle was not brightened by the alternative of her brother's having to support her.
She spoke of money.
'Have we none, Chillon ?' 'We have no debts,' he answered.
'We have a claim on the Government here for indemnification for property taken to build a fortress upon one of the passes into Italy.
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