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Proudie was boiling over with wrath. Alas, alas! Could she but have kept her temper as her enemy did, she would have conquered as she had ever conquered. But divine anger got the better of her, as it has done of other heroines, and she fell. "My lord," said she, "am I to be vouchsafed an answer or am I not?" At last he broke his deep silence and proclaimed himself a Slopeite.
Slope to leave this room, or am I?" His lordship twiddled his thumbs, and then proclaimed himself a Slopeite. "Why, my dear," said he, "Mr. Slope and I are very busy." That was all. There was nothing more necessary. Mr. Slope saw at once the full amount of his gain, and turned on the vanquished lady a look of triumph which she never forgot and never forgave. Mrs.
'My lord, said she, 'am I to be vouchsafed an answer or am I not? At last he broke his deep silence and proclaimed himself a Slopeite. 'Why, my dear, said he, 'Mr Slope and I are very busy. That was all. There was nothing more necessary. He had gone to the battle-field, stood the dust and heat of the day, encountered the fury of the foe, and won the victory.
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