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The Poor Plutocrats

CHAPTER XV
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I don't like this journey a bit.

A letter would have done the business just as well; but I make it a rule never to thwart her when she gets these ideas into her head.

All I say is: take care of her." "I'll watch over her as if she were my own child." In a quarter of an hour Henrietta appeared in full travelling costume.
The lacquey brought in breakfast.

The gentlemen also sat down to it lest the lady should breakfast alone.
"We shall have splendid weather, Baroness," observed Mr.Gerzson, dipping his cake into his black coffee.

"The sky is full of stars, we could not wish for better travelling weather." "The sky is nice enough, but the ground is a little stumbly," put in Hatszegi.


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