[The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman]@TWC D-Link bookThe Castle Inn CHAPTER VIII 15/23
I declare, my lady, I would not have had this happen for twenty pounds! But--' 'But what, man! What is the man mouthing about ?' she cried impatiently. 'I am full,' he said, extending his palms to express his despair.' The Earl of Chatham and his lordship's company travelling from Bath occupy all the west wing and the greater part of the house; and I have positively no rooms fit for your ladyship's use.
I am grieved, desolated, to have to say this to a person in your ladyship's position,' he continued glibly, 'and an esteemed customer, but--' and again he extended his hands. 'A fig for your desolation!' her ladyship cried rudely.
'It don't help me, Smith.' 'But your ladyship sees how it is.' 'I am hanged if I do!' she retorted, and used an expression too coarse for modern print.
'But I suppose that there is another house, man.' 'Certainly, my lady--several,' the landlord answered, with a gesture of deprecation.
'But all full.
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