Venetia by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
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'I like your mamma, too; but not so much as you. I like your gold
hair.' 'Oh, how funny! to like my gold hair!' 'If you had come in sooner,' said Cadurcis, 'we should not have had this row.' 'What is a row, little boy?' said Venetia. 'Do not call me little boy,' he said, but not in an unkind tone; 'call me by my name.' 'What is your name?' 'Lord Cadurcis; but you may call me by my Christian name, because I like you.' 'What is your Christian name?' 'Plantagenet.' 'Plantagenet! What a long name!' said Venetia. 'Tell me then, Plantagenet, what is a row?' 'What often takes place between me and my mother, but which I am sorry now has happened here, for I like this place, and should like to come often. A row is a quarrel.' 'A quarrel! What! do you quarrel with your mamma?' |
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