[Paul Clifford<br> Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton]@TWC D-Link book
Paul Clifford
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CHAPTER XXVIII
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But it cannot be! I wish you all joy, all success in your career.

You are young, bold, and able; and you always had a loftier spirit than I have.

Knave I am, and knave I must be to the end of the chapter!" "As you will," said Clifford, who was not a man of many words, but he spoke with reluctance: "if so, I must seek my fortune alone." "When do you leave us ?" asked Tomlinson.
"To-morrow, before noon.

I shall visit London for a few hours, and then start at once for the coast." "London!" exclaimed Tomlinson; "what, the very den of danger?
Pooh! you do not know what you say: or do you think it filial to caress Mother Lobkins before you depart ?" "Not that," answered Clifford.

"I have already ascertained that she is above the reach of all want; and her days, poor soul! cannot, I fear, be many.


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