Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5 by George Meredith
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themselves to be guardians of the national morality. I forget exactly
what the matter was: but he sneered at priests and morality.' A smile wove round Cecilia's lips, and in her towering superiority to one who talked nonsense, she slipped out of maiden shame and said: 'Attack Nevil for his political heresies and his wrath with the Press for not printing him. The rest concerns his honour, where he is quite safe, and all are who trust him.' 'If you find out you're wrong?' She shook her head. 'But if you find out you're wrong about him,' her father reiterated piteously, 'you won't tear me to strips to have him in spite of it?' 'No, papa, not I. I will not.' 'Well, that's something for me to hold fast to,' said Colonel Halkett, sighing. CHAPTER XXXVIII LORD AVONLEY Mr. Everard Romfrey was now, by consent, Lord Avonley, mounted on his direct heirship and riding hard at the earldom. His elevation occurred |
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