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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Before going to bed, he answered Long- vale's and Lady Pumpton's letters. He thanked Arthur for the offer of his rooms, and told him, without mentioning to what amount, that he had been a considerable sufferer through Winter's rascality. He spoke of giving up his clubs, and society in general, and confidentially avowed his intention of living economically for some time. He made no allusion to Lady Eda, though he read and re-read the passage inArthur's letter which related to her; thinking as he did so, how selfish it was to take pleasure in hearing she was sometimes sad at the mention of his name. And yet, dear child, he exclaimed, the clouds of memory pass quickly over your sunny being, and all is bright again as ever. To Lady Pumpton he regretted that absence had prevented him receiving her note in time to answer it sooner. He was much flattered if his society could possibly be agreeable to her ladyship, and would do himself the honour to call to-morrow or the next day. He smiled as he folded this note. Yes, thought he, you will, at least serve to distract me. I dare say you will be glad to enrol me in the list of your cavaliers, though you would have despised the notion of marrying anybody but a Lord. Ha ha I verily believe I was jackanapes enough to think of falling in love with you once myself. Old Johnson said marriages would be aswell assorted if the couples were matched by the Lord Chancellor. I'faith, I believe there's some truth in it Fancy now, if I had married that woman, what a life she would have led me The chances are, we should have been two again within six weeks of the day we were made one. And yet I certainly was within an ace of falling in love with her. What fools we are, to be sure and all for a pretty face In ...
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