[The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prime Minister CHAPTER XIII 8/31
And I fancy the Duchess of Omnium is just as likely to have scamps in her drawing-room as any other lady in London." "And do such men as Mr.Happerton associate with scamps ?" "I don't know anything about Mr.Happerton,--and I don't care anything about him." "He has L20,000 a year out of his business.
And does Everett associate with scamps ?" "Very likely." "I never knew any one so much prejudiced as you are, Mr.Wharton. When you have a point to carry there's nothing you won't say.
I suppose it comes from being in the courts." "The long and the short of it is this," said the lawyer; "if I find that Emily is brought here to meet Mr.Lopez, I must forbid her to come at all." "You must do as you please about that.
But to tell you the truth, Mr. Wharton, I think the mischief is done.
Such a girl as Emily, when she has taken it into her head to love a man, is not likely to give him up." "She has promised to have nothing to say to him without my sanction." "We all know what that means.
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