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Rhoda Fleming

CHAPTER XX
11/15

I've that spirit, that if you was well and sound, I'd rather have you fighting 'em.

She's a pleasant enough lady to look at, not a doubt; small-boned, and slim, and fair." Robert asked which way they had gone.
"Back to the stables, my dear; I heard 'em say so, because one gentleman said that the spectacle was over, and the lady had gained the day; and the snow was balling in the horses' feet; and go they'd better, before my lord saw them out.

And another said, you were a wild man she'd tamed; and they said, you ought to wear a collar, with Mrs.Lovell's, her name, graved on it.

But don't you be vexed; you may guess they're not my Robert's friends.

And, I do assure you, Robert, your hat's neat, if you'd only let it be comfortable: such fidgeting worries the brim.
You're best in appearance--and I always said it--when stripped for boxing.


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