[Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookFramley Parsonage CHAPTER X 19/32
We shall be delighted to make her acquaintance." "I remember your other sister-in-law very well," said Lord Lufton. "She was a beautiful woman." "I don't think you will consider Lucy a beauty," said Mrs.Robarts. "Small, retiring, and--" so far Lord Lufton had gone, when Mrs. Robarts finished by the word, "plain." She had liked Lucy's face, but she had thought that others probably did not do so. "Upon my word," said Lady Lufton, "you don't deserve to have a sister-in-law.
I remember her very well, and can say that she is not plain.
I was very much taken with her manner at your wedding, my dear, and thought more of her than I did of the beauty, I can tell you." "I must confess I do not remember her at all," said his lordship.
And so the conversation ended.
And then at the end of the fortnight Mark arrived with his sister.
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