Sunrise by William Black
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"The little Natalushka is grown big now; she is quite a woman."
"A woman! She will marry an Englishman, and become very rich: is not that so?" "Natalie--I mean, Natalushka will not marry," said the other coldly. "She knows she is very useful to me. She knows I have no other." "_Maintenant_: the business--how goes that?" "Elsewhere, well; in England, not quite so well," said Ferdinand Lind. "But what can you expect? The English think they have no need of co-operation, except to get their groceries cheap. Why, everything is done in the open air there. If a scoundrel gets a lash too many in prison, you have it before Parliament next week. If a school-boy is kicked by his master, you have all the newspapers in the country ablaze. The newspapers govern England. A penny journal has more power than the commander-in-chief." "Then why do you remain in England?" "It is the safest for me, personally. Then there is most to be done there. Again, it is the head-quarters of money. Do you see, Calabressa? One must have money, or one cannot work." The albino-looking man lit a cigarette. "You despair, then, of England? No, you never despair." "There is a prospect. The Southern Englishman is apathetic; he is |
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