[Count Bunker by J. Storer Clouston]@TWC D-Link bookCount Bunker CHAPTER IV 4/5
I have helped to write a book on ze noble families of Germany--zat is to say, I have contributed my portrait and some anecdote.
Our dear friend shall make no mistakes!" By this guarantee Lord Tulliwuddle's last doubts were completely set at rest.
His spirits rose as he perceived how happily this easy avenue would lead him out of all his troubles.
He insisted on calling for wine and pledging success to the adventure with the most resolute and confident air, and nothing but a few details remained now to be settled. These were chiefly with regard to the precise limits up to which the duplicate Lord Tulliwuddle might advance his conquering arms. "You won't formally propose, will you ?" said the first edition of that peer. "Certainly not, if you prefer to negotiate the surrender yourself," the later impression assured him. "And you mustn't--well--er----" "I shall touch nothing." "A girl might get carried away by you," said the original peer a trifle doubtfully. "The Baron is the most scrupulous of men.
He will be by my side almost continually.
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