Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6 by George Meredith
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Ultimately Mrs. Berry spoke of the family complication, and with dejected head and joined hands threw out dark hints about Richard. While Austin was giving his cheerfuller views of the case, Lucy came in preceding the baby. "I am Austin Wentworth," he said, taking her hand. They read each other's faces, these two, and smiled kinship. "Your name is Lucy?" She affirmed it softly. "And mine is Austin, as you know." Mrs. Berry allowed time for Lucy's charms to subdue him, and presented Richard's representative, who, seeing a new face, suffered himself to be contemplated before he commenced crying aloud and knocking at the doors of Nature for something that was due to him. "Ain't he a lusty darlin'?" says Mrs. Berry. "Ain't he like his own father? There can't be no doubt about zoo, zoo pitty pet. Look at his fists. Ain't he got passion? Ain't he a splendid roarer? Oh!" and she went off rapturously into baby-language. A fine boy, certainly. Mrs. Berry exhibited his legs for further proof, desiring Austin's confirmation as to their being dumplings. Lucy murmured a word of excuse, and bore the splendid roarer out of the |
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