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Mortimer shrugged, and Cartwright wondered whether the fellow meant to imply that his gambling was not important since he had married a rich wife. The young man, however, hesitated and looked thoughtful. "I don't know your object for wanting Shillito, but if my supposition's near the mark, might I state that I approve? In fact, I'd begun to wonder whether something ought not to be done.
I'm talkin' for supposition's sake, mind. Wouldn't a man desarve something that could give you information on the subject?" "This avaricious old man," thought the stranger, pausing as if to consider the proposition, "was holding us out all along, in order to make the most of his information. The information, however, is already in our possession, and he comes too late.
"But suppose Charles Osborne is not sick," said William; "suppose he was never in better health than he is at this moment " he saw his father's hand raised, and paused, then added, carelessly, "for supposition's sake I say merely." "But you must not suppose that, William," she replied, starting, "unless you wish to blight your sister. On what an alternative then, would you force a breaking heart.
Maïeddine is stopping with him leaves to-morrow or day after; supposed to have come from El Aghouat, and to be going back there. But that isn't to say either supposition's true." "We must find out where he's going have him watched," said Stephen. "Yes. Only, the trouble is, if he's on to the game, it's just what he'll expect.
Why, you unworthy son of a respectable Paddington shoemaker, if even the intelligent British artizans in the gallery don't understand you, how the dickens do you suppose the oiled and curled Assyrian bulls in the stalls and boxes will have a glimmering idea of what you're driving at? The supposition's an insult to the popular intelligence in other words, to me, sir, your Progenitor.
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