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I am strong enough to ward off the rest." "What does 'beginning by you' mean?" I asked, with great candor. "Old Lord Bentworth said I should begin with him, when he was here to shoot pheasants last autumn; he said it could not matter, he was so old; but I didn't " Mr. Carruthers bounded up from his chair. "You didn't what! Good Lord! what did he want you to do?" he asked, aghast.
Lord Bentworth was married, and he wanted me to kiss him, whereas Colonel Grimston had no wife, and he never said Bo! to a goose. And I do wonder what she thought Mr. Carruthers was going to do to me, that it would have been wise for me to stay up in my rooms. Perhaps she thinks diplomats, having lived in foreign places, are sort of wild beasts.
"Well," I said, and I looked down for a moment; I felt stupidly shy. "He wanted me to kiss him." Mr. Carruthers looked almost relieved. It was strange. "The old wretch! Nice company my aunt seems to have kept!" he exclaimed. "Could she not take better care of you than that to let you be insulted by her guests?" "I don't think Lord Bentworth meant to insult me.
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