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John Halifax
Gentleman

CHAPTER XXIII
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It is the last and the easiest obedience." John sent the lacquey out of the room; and Ursula said something about "not speaking thus before a servant." "Before a servant! Why, my dear, we furnish entertainment for our whole establishment, my husband and I.

We are at the Mythe what the Prince Regent and the Princess of Wales are to the country at large.

We divide our people between us; I fascinate--he bribes.

Ha! ha! Well done, Richard Brithwood! I may come home 'when and how I like!' Truly, I'll use that kind permission." Her eyes glittered with an evil fire: her cheeks were hot and red.
"Mrs.Halifax, I shall be thrown on your hospitality for an hour or two longer.

Could you send a letter for me ?" "To your husband?
Certainly." "My husband ?--Never!--Yes, to MY HUSBAND." The first part of the sentence was full of fierce contempt; the latter, smothered, and slowly desperate.


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