[The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookThe Newcomes CHAPTER XV 18/23
Look at me.
Why did I marry your poor dear papa? From duty.
Has your Aunt Fanny, who ran away with Captain Canonbury, been happy? They have eleven children, and are starving at Boulogne.
Think of three of Fanny's boys in yellow stockings at the Bluecoat School.
Your papa got them appointed.
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