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Vanity Fair

CHAPTER XIII
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I'm a modest man.
I--ah--I don't set up to be a lady-killer; but I do own that she's as devilish fond of me as she can be.

Anybody can see that with half an eye." "And you yourself ?" "Why, sir, didn't you order me to marry her, and ain't I a good boy?
Haven't our Papas settled it ever so long ?" "A pretty boy, indeed.

Haven't I heard of your doings, sir, with Lord Tarquin, Captain Crawley of the Guards, the Honourable Mr.Deuceace and that set.

Have a care sir, have a care." The old gentleman pronounced these aristocratic names with the greatest gusto.

Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.


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