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But I must remind you that the Dowses are strictly the agents and tenants of the company I represent, and that their rights and property under that tenancy shall not be interfered with by others as long as I am here. I have no right, however," he added gravely, "to keep Miss Dows from imperiling them by her social relations." Champney rose and shook hands with him awkwardly.
De Reeds chipped in when all de Higbees was played out, fo' dey was relations, but dey was chawed up by some of de Dowses, first cousins to de Doomonts." "What? Are the Dows in this vendetta?" "No, sah. No mo'. Dey's bin no man in de family since Miss Sally's fader died dat's let de Dows out fo' ever.
The son, having been brought up in them, not unnaturally tramples and dowses his superiors, using a species of abuse invented in the workshops and on the street corners.
Henceforth there was to be no more George Miller to bother her; he had gone clean out of existence as far as she was concerned; there was no more skirmishing with Lady North; even the poor Dowses, with their piteous loneliness and solemn house, were almost forgotten. Here was her whole world.
It is inconceivable that the sturdy squire, with his faculty for distributing "Flicks" and "Dowses," who came so valiantly to the aid of Jones in his battle-royal with Blifil and Thwackum, was likely, under any but very exceptional circumstances, to be dismayed by a cane.
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