The Disowned — Volume 03 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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"I am sure," said Mr. Brown, looking with surprise at the gift, which he held with no unwilling hand, "I am sure, sir, that you are very generous, and strongly remind me of your relation, Lady Morden; and if you would like the lovely little ape as a present--I mean really a present--you shall have it, Mr. Mordaunt." But Mr. Mordaunt had left the room, and the sober Morris, looking round, and cooling in his generosity, said to himself, "It is well he did not hear me, however; but I hope he will marry the nice young lady, for I love doing a kindness. This house must be refurnished; no lady will like these old-fashioned chairs." CHAPTER XXVI. Squire and fool are the same thing here--FARQUHAR. In such a night Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, And, with an unthrift love, did run from Venice.---SHAKSPEARE. The persecutions which Isabel had undergone had indeed preyed upon her reason as well as her health; and, in her brief intervals of respite from the rage of the uncle, the insults of the aunt, and, worse than all, the addresses of the intended bridegroom, her mind, shocked and unhinged, reverted with such intensity to the sufferings she endured as to give her musings the character of insanity. It was in one of |
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