[The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley]@TWC D-Link bookThe Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn CHAPTER XV 9/16
Well, who'd a' thought of seeing you here ?" "I've been following you, and looking for you ever so long," she said. "They at the Nag's Head didn't know where you were gone, and if I hadn't been a gipsy, and o' good family, I'd never have found you." "You're a good old woman," he said.
"I suppose you've some news for me ?" "I have," she answered; "come away after me." He followed her into a booth, and they sat down.
She began the conversation. "Are you married ?" she asked. "Ay; a month since." "And you've got her money ?" "Yes," he said; "but I've been walking into it." "Make the most of it," said Madge.
"Your father's dead." "Dead!" "Ay, dead.
And, what's worse, lad, he lived long enough to alter his will." "Oh, Lord! What do you mean ?" "I mean," she said, "that he has left all his money to your cousin.
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