[The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookThe Virginians CHAPTER XIV 8/12
"You are celebrated for your sensibility.
You must give a little of it to our American nephew--cousin--I scarce know his relationship." "Nay, I am here but as a guest in Castlewood now.
The house is my Lord Castlewood's, not mine, or his lordship's whenever he shall choose to claim it.
What can I do for the young Virginian that has not been done? He is charming.
Are we even jealous of him for being so, my dear? and though we see what a fancy the Baroness de Bernstein has taken for him, do your ladyship's nephews and nieces--your real nephews and nieces--cry out? My poor children might be mortified, for indeed, in a few hours, the charming young man has made as much way as my poor things have been able to do in all their lives: but are they angry? Willy hath taken him out to ride.
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