[The Touchstone of Fortune by Charles Major]@TWC D-Link bookThe Touchstone of Fortune CHAPTER I 17/28
I don't believe I am vain, but I know, sister, that you and I must rebuild the fortunes of our house, or worse will come to us than we have ever known. You are sure to do your part because you have intellect--brains.
_You_ know you have.
Is it any less a matter of vanity for you to know yourself than it is for me to know myself? I know what I have, and I intend to use it." Sarah assented by the monosyllable, "Right!" while Frances ran to the head of the table, knelt by her father's chair, and said:-- "It is all for dear old father's sake." Sir Richard brought his daughter's head to his shoulder, affectionately smoothed her hair for a moment, and spoke with quavering earnestness:-- "It is not to be thought of one moment.
Whitehall is a nest of infamy, and the king, I am told, is the worst man in it.
I gave all I had to his martyred father, and now the son does not even so much as refuse to make restitution.
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