[The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prime Minister CHAPTER III 28/31
It must fall to the ground." "I wish you would give me a reason." "Because you are not English." "But I am English.
My father was a foreigner." "It doesn't suit my ideas.
I suppose I may have my own ideas about my own family, Mr.Lopez? I feel perfectly certain that my child will do nothing to displease me, and this would displease me.
If we were to talk for an hour I could say nothing further." "I hope that I may be able to present things to you in an aspect so altered," said Lopez as he prepared to take his leave, "as to make you change your mind." "Possibly;--possibly," said Wharton, "but I do not think it probable. Good morning to you, sir.
If I have said anything that has seemed to be unkind, put it down to my anxiety as a father and not to my conduct as a man." Then the door was closed behind his visitor, and Mr.Wharton was left walking up and down his room alone.
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