[The Celt and Saxon by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Celt and Saxon CHAPTER X 13/16
'It was the only thing I could get. Mr.Adister sends it.
The young lady, Miss Caroline, seconded me.
They think more of the big portrait: I don't.
And it 's to be kept carefully, in case of the other one getting damaged.
That's only fair.' Philip drank in the face upon a swift shot of his eyes. 'Mr.Adister sends it ?' His tone implied wonder at such a change in Adiante's father. 'And an invitation to you to visit him when you please.' 'That he might do,' said Philip: it was a lesser thing than to send her likeness to him. Patrick could not help dropping his voice: 'Isn't it very like ?' For answer the miniature had to be inspected closely. Philip was a Spartan for keeping his feelings under. 'Yes,' he said, after an interval quick with fiery touches on the history of that face and his life.
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