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Updated: May 23, 2025
Don't every one almost say I allude, of course, to every one of sense and penetration Dunroe's a character quite an original an enigma a sphinx an inscription that cannot be deciphered an illegible dog eh don't they, Tom?" "Not a doubt of it, my lord. Even I, who ought to know you so well, can make nothing of you."
Then suddenly throwing off, as it were, all thought and reflection connected with it, she looked again at her maid, and repeated the question, "What is it, Alice?" "Why, miss, have you ever seen Lord Dunroe's sister?" "Yes, in London; but she was only a girl, though a lovely girl." "Well, miss, do you know what? She's in love with some one."
At the hour appointed, Lord Dunroe's father and sister arrived.
"Haw! My name is Norton, a friend of Lord Dunroe's." "Well, Mr. Norton, if you will have the goodness to mention the business which causes me the honor of your visit, I will thank you; but I beg to assure you, that I am not a man to be pumped either by Lord Dunroe or any of his friends. You compel me to speak very plainly, sir." "Haw!
Good-by, my lord good by, Emily good good my dear girl, never mind the embrace it is quite undignified anything but a patrician usage, I assure you." Now it is necessary that we should give our readers a clearer conception of Lord Dunroe's character than is to be found in the preceding dialogue.
Under these circumstances, then, I fear he would meet you with the same arguments, and as they satisfy himself so you will find him cling to the dangerous theory they establish." "But, Lucy, my dear child, you are quite mistaken in your estimate of the arguments which I should use, because you neither can know nor suspect their import. They apply not at all to Lord Dunroe's morals, I assure you.
"I know you will be severely tried, my dear Lucy." "Know me aright, Charles. I have been severely tried. Many a girl, I am sorry to say, would forget Dunroe's profligacy in his rank.
"Such an event might be possible," replied Lucy, "were I not unfortunately satisfied that papa is already aware of Dunroe's loose habits of life, which he views only as the giddiness of a young and buoyant spirit that marriage would reform. He says Dunroe is only sowing his wild oats, as, with false indulgence, he is pleased to term it.
My daughter, Lady Emily, who, you know, has chiefly resided with her maiden aunt, hopes to succeed in prevailing on her to accompany us to Glenshee Castle, to spend the summer and autumn, and visit some of the beautiful scenery of this unknown land of ours. Something, as to time, depends upon Dunroe's convalescence. My stay in England, however, will be as short as I can make it.
After marriage you will find that change of scene, Dunroe's tenderness, and the influence of enlivening society, will completely restore your health and spirits. Dunroe's a rattling, pleasant fellow; and notwithstanding his escapades, has an excellent heart. Tut, my dear child, after a few months you will yourself smile at these girlish scruples, and thank papa for forcing you into happiness."
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