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But there, I liked my lord George sometimes. ''Tis a strange thought, said another, 'that while they be all here under one roof, a snug united family o' Luxellians, they be really scattered miles away from one another in the form of good sheep and wicked goats, isn't it? 'True; 'tis a thought to look at.

You should have known how improper such conduct is. A woman can't be too careful not to be seen alone with I-don't-know-whom. 'You saw us, papa, and have never said a word. 'My fault, of course; my fault. What the deuce could I be thinking of! He, a villager's son; and we, Swancourts, connections of the Luxellians.

Then the Luxellians crossed over and drew up under the plane-trees, just in the rear of the Swancourts. Lord Luxellian alighted, and came forward with a musical laugh. It was his attraction as a man. People liked him for those tones, and forgot that he had no talents. Acquaintances remembered Mr. Swancourt by his manner; they remembered Stephen Smith by his face, Lord Luxellian by his laugh. Mr.

There are few scenes in his books more telling than that which shows the operations in the family vault of the Luxellians, when John Smith, Martin Cannister, and old Simeon prepare the place for Lady Luxellian's coffin.

I have heard my father say that they he ran away with her, and married her against the wish of her parents. 'Then I imagine this to be where you got your Christian name, Miss Swancourt? said Knight, turning to her. 'I think you told me it was three or four generations ago that your family branched off from the Luxellians?