Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 06 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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"Not that I know of." "What sort of girl is Cecilia Travers?" "One of those superior girls who are not likely to tower into that terrible giantess called a 'superior woman.' A handsome, well-educated, sensible young lady, not spoiled by being an heiress; in fine, just the sort of girl whom you could desire to fix on for a daughter-in-law." "And you don't think Kenelm has a fancy for her?" "Honestly speaking, I do not." "Any counter-attraction? There are some things in which sons do not confide in their fathers. You have never heard that Kenelm has been a little wild?" "Wild he is, as the noble savage who ran in the woods," said Cousin Mivers. "You frighten me!" "Before the noble savage ran across the squaws, and was wise enough to run away from them. Kenelm has run away now somewhere." "Yes, he does not tell me where, nor do they know at his lodgings. A heap of notes on his table and no directions where they are to be forwarded. On the whole, however, he has held his own in London |
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