Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Berry. I. The fight at Slaughter House. II. The combat at Versailles. Dennis Haggarty's wife. MEN'S WIVES BY G. FITZ-BOODLE. THE RAVENSWING - CHAPTER I. WHICH IS ENTIRELY INTRODUCTORY - CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF MISS CRUMP, HER SUITORS, AND HER FAMILY CIRCLE. In a certain quiet and sequestered nook of the retired village of London - perhaps in the neighbourhood of Berkeley Square, or at any rate somewhere near Burlington Gardens--there was once a house of entertainment called the "Bootjack Hotel." Mr. Crump, the landlord, had, in the outset of life, performed the duties of Boots in some inn even more frequented than his own, and, far from being ashamed of his origin, as many persons are in the days of their prosperity, |
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