[Lord Ormont and his Aminta by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookLord Ormont and his Aminta CHAPTER XX 13/15
Unhappily, the case is one between men on their touchiest point, when women are pushed aside, and justice and religion as well.
We might be living in a heathen land, for aught that morality has to say. Mrs.Pagnell fussed about being seen on her emergence from the Jolly Cricketers.
Aminta sent Weyburn to spy for the possible reappearance of Mr.Morsfield.He reported a horseman; a butcher-boy clattered by. Aminta took the landlady's hand, under her aunt's astonished gaze, and said: 'I shall not forget your house and your attention to us.' She spoke with a shake of her voice.
The landlady curtseyed and smiled, curtseyed and almost whimpered.
The house was a poor one, she begged to say; they didn't often have such guests, but whoever came to it they did their best to give good food and drink. Hearing from Weyburn that the chariot was bound to go through Winchester, she spoke of a brother, a baker there, the last surviving member of her family and, after some talk, Weyburn offered to deliver a message of health and greeting at the baker's shop.
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