Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"It matters this much, that I will not allow Miss Vaneourt to be insulted by you or anyone else!" retorted Walden, hotly "You have never spoken to her, you know nothing about her, so hold your tongue!" The Reverend 'Putty's' round eyes protruded with amazement. "Hold my tongue!" he repeated, in a kind of stupefaction "Are you gone mad, Walden? Do you know who you are talking to?"
He had set his heart on appearing at sundry garden- parties in the neighbourhood during the summer with Lord Roxmouth under his portly wing he had meant to hurl Lord Roxmouth here, Lord Roxmouth there at all the less 'distinguished' people around him, so that they should almost sink into the dust with shame because they had not had the honour of sheltering his lordship within their walls, and he had expected to add considerably to his own importance by 'helping on' the desired union between Roxmouth Castle and the Vaneourt millions.
Word Of The Day