[Doctor Claudius, A True Story by F. Marion Crawford]@TWC D-Link bookDoctor Claudius, A True Story CHAPTER IX 33/42
I only wanted to save her from any inconvenience.
I did not want Claudius to be hanging after her, if she did not want him.
She does.
There is an end of it." O glorious English Common Sense! What a fine thing you are when anybody gets you by the right end. "You may be right," said Barker, with a superior air that meant "you are certainly wrong." "But would Claudius be able to give her the position in foreign society--" "Society be damned," said the Duke.
"Do you think the widow of Alexis cannot command society? Besides, Claudius is a gentleman, and that is quite enough." "I suppose he is," said Mr.Barker, with an air of regret. "Suppose? There is no supposing about it.
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