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He was, in stature, of the lower order of mankind, but endowed with an inclination towards corpulency, by which he had acquired some show of a belly, and his face was round, and his cheeks both red and sleeky.
Mrs. Crawford stifled a whoop of surprise. "And you! Are you ?" "I am." "Only think! And that was Douglas! Why, I thought he was a straight-haired, sleeky, canting snake of a man. And you too are not a bit like what I thought. You are quite a person, Mrs. Mrs. Conolly." "I have no right to bear that name any longer. Pray call me by my assumed name still, and keep my secret.
"Not naturally he wouldn't, I know; but he is under the thumb of that doctor; and you know how HE hates me If you don't I do." "I don't know why Dr. Mulhaus should hate you, George." "I do though; that sleeky dog Stockbridge, who is such a favourite with him, has poisoned his mind, and all because he wanted you and your money, and because you took up with me instead of him."
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