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Lord Ormont and his Aminta

CHAPTER XII
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I fancy she entertains an 'arriere' idea of proposing her flawless niece Gracey, Marchioness of Fencaster, to present you.

She 's quite equal to the fatigue herself.

You 'll rejoice in her anecdotes.

People were virtuous in past days: they counted their sinners.

In those days, too, as I have to understand, the men chivalrously bore the blame, though the women were rightly punished.


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