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The Adventures of Harry Richmond

CHAPTER XVII
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The fixture of his wig and hat, too, constrained his skin, so that his looks were no index of his feelings.

I longed gloomily for the moment to come when he would present himself to me in his natural form.

He was not sensible of the touch of my hand, nor I of his.

There we had to stand until the voluble portion of the margravine's anger came to an end.

She shut her eyes and bowed curtly to our salute.
'You have seen the last of me, madam,' my father said to her whirling carriage-wheels.
He tried to shake, and strained in his ponderous garments.


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