[An Eye for an Eye by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookAn Eye for an Eye CHAPTER VII 16/23
I don't think there's any place like England,--to live in." "And England is what it is because there are still some left among us who are born to high rank and who know how to live up to the standard that is required of them.
If ever there was such a man, your uncle was such a one." "I'm sure he was;--just what he ought to have been." "Honourable, true, affectionate, self-denying, affable to all men, but ever conscious of his rank, giving much because much had been given to him, asserting his nobility for the benefit of those around him, proud of his order for the sake of his country, bearing his sorrows with the dignity of silence, a nobleman all over, living on to the end sans reproche! He was a man whom you may dare to imitate, though to follow him may be difficult." She spoke not loudly, but clearly, looking him full in the face as she stood motionless before him. "He was all that," said Fred, almost overpowered by the sincere solemnity of his aunt's manner. "Will you try to walk in his footsteps ?" "Two men can never be like one another in that way.
I shall never be what he was.
But I'll endeavour to get along as well as I can." "You will remember your order ?" "Yes, I will.
I do remember it.
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