[The Town Traveller by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Town Traveller CHAPTER XVIII 18/27
I may trust you, or I may not.
What I want to know is, how long are we to wait before he comes to the shop down yonder and behaves like an honest man? Just fix a date, and I'll make a note of it." "My dear Gammon--" "Go ahead!" "I cannot fix a date on my own responsibility.
It depends so greatly on his lordship's health.
I can only assure you that at the earliest possible moment Lady Polperro will be summoned to an interview with her husband.
By the by, I trust her ladyship is quite well ?" "Oh, she's all right," replied Gammon impatiently. "And the Honourable Minnie Trefoyle--she, too, enjoys good health, I trust ?" Polly and Gammon exchanged a stare, followed by laughter, which was a little forced on the man's part. "That's Miss Clover," he remarked.
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