[The Squire of Sandal-Side by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr]@TWC D-Link bookThe Squire of Sandal-Side CHAPTER IX 15/63
Charlotte and mother must be worn out, and we can be useful at such a time.
I think, indeed, our proper place is there.
The affairs of the 'walks' and the farms must be attended to, and what will they do on quarter-day? Of course Harry will not remain there. It would be unkind, wrong, and in exceedingly bad taste." "Poor, dear father! And oh, Julius, what a disgrace to the family! A singer! How could Harry behave so shamefully to us all ?" "Harry never cared for any mortal but himself.
How disgracefully he behaved about our marriage; for this same woman's sake, I have no doubt. You must remember that I disapproved of Harry from the very first.
The idea of terminating a _liaison_ of that kind with a marriage! Harry ought to be put out of decent society.
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