Barford Abbey by Susannah Minific Gunning
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page 109 of 205 (53%)
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Well, then, I will tell you, Edmund;--I'll tell you frankly, he never
_has_ made proposals:--and further, I can answer for him, he never _will_.--His belief was stagger'd;--he stood still, his eyes fixed on the ground. Are you _really_ in earnest, Miss Warley? Really, Edmund. Then, for heaven's sake, go to France.--But how can you tell, madam, he never intends to make proposals? On which I related what passed at table, the day Lord Allen dined at the Abbey.--Nothing could equal his astonishment; yet would he fain have persuaded me that I did not understand him;--call'd it misapprehension, and I know not what. He _will_ offer you his hand, Miss Warley; he certainly _will_.--I've known him from a school-boy;--I'm acquainted with every turn of his mind;--I know his very looks;--I have observ'd them when they have been directed to you:--he will, I repeat,--he will offer you his hand. No! Edmund:--but if he _did_, his overtures should be disregarded. Say not so, Miss Warley; for God's sake, say not so again;--it kills me to think you _hate_ Lord Darcey. I speak to you, Edmund, as a friend, as a brother:--never let what has pass'd escape your lips. |
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