late-nineteenth-century

Updated: June 8, 2025

Wayne, however, and enjoyed his denial almost as much as he had enjoyed the discovery that the Wilsey ancestor had not been a Signer. He felt that somehow, owing to his late-nineteenth-century tact, the breach between him and Pete had been healed. "Mr. Lanley is going to stay and dine with me," said Mrs. Wayne. Pete looked a little grave, but his next sentence explained the cause of his anxiety.

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