properly-thinking

Updated: July 13, 2025

He had not the slightest scruple as to sacrificing that "dear Caroline" whom he had so loved as his future daughter-in-law. "George," said he, "if you know where Lady Harcourt is, it will be better that you should tell Sir Henry. No properly-thinking man will countenance a wife in disobeying her husband." "Father," said George, "Lady Harcourt is not in my custody.

Anthony Trollope - The Bertrams