The Sentimentalists by George Meredith
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LADY OLDLACE: Swithin, his flow of eloquence! He launched forth! SWITHIN: Like an eagle from a cliff. OSIER: The measure of the words was like a beat of wings. SWITHIN: He makes poets of us. DAME DRESDEN: Spiral achieved his pinnacle to-day! VIRGINIA: How treacherous is our memory when we have most the longing to recall great sayings! OSIER: True, I conceive that my notes will be precious. WINIFRED: You could take notes! LADY OLDLACE: It seems a device for missing the quintessential. SWITHIN: Scraps of the body to the loss of the soul of it. We can allow that our friend performed good menial service. WINIFRED: I could not have done the thing. SWITHIN: In truth; it does remind one of the mess of pottage. LADY OLDLACE: One hardly felt one breathed. VIRGINIA: I confess it moved me to tears. |
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