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Halcyone

CHAPTER XXIX
15/19

Cold and capricious behavior should only be shown upon a woman's side, she felt! "Your Government made a colossal mess of things before the session was over, did they not ?" she said by way of something to start upon.

"Mr.
Hanbury-Green tells me you will have to face a hostile vote when you reassemble, and that the whole thing is a played-out game.

How long would the Radicals last if they do come in ?--and it looks like a certainty that they will." "Seven years, most likely," said John Derringham a little bitterly.

"Or perhaps to the end of time.

Your friend Mr.Green could tell you more accurately than I.Does the fact interest you very deeply ?" "Yes," she said, and narrowed her eyes.


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