[Phantom Fortune, A Novel by M. E. Braddon]@TWC D-Link bookPhantom Fortune, A Novel CHAPTER XII 11/11
A disappointment of that kind is good for a young man in his position.
It will preserve him from more vulgar entanglements, and perhaps from the folly of a too early marriage.' 'That is a mighty philosophical way of looking at the matter.' 'It is the only true way.
I hope when you are my age you will have learnt to look at everything in a philosophical spirit.' 'Well, Lady Maulevrier, you have had it all your own way,' said the young man, walking up and down the room in an angry mood.
'I hope you will never be sorry for having come between two people who loved each other, and might have made each other happy.' 'I shall never he sorry for having saved my granddaughter from an imprudent marriage.
Give me your arm, Maulevrier, and let me hear no more about Mr.Hammond.We have all had quite enough of him,' said her ladyship, as the butler announced dinner..
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