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Man and Wife

CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH
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"For your uncle's approval, my dear, as head of the family." While Sir Patrick was looking over the list, and while Arnold was making his way to Blanche, at the back of her uncle's chair, One, Two, and Three--with the Chorus in attendance on them--descended in a body on Geoffrey, at the other end of the room, and appealed in rapid succession to his superior authority, as follows: "I say, Delamayn.

We want You.

Here is Sir Patrick running a regular Muck at us.

Calls us aboriginal Britons.

Tells us we ain't educated.
Doubts if we could read, write, and cipher, if he tried us.


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