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Updated: July 16, 2025
Yours, truly, "Jasper Thornely. "P.S. Emsdale's son, I have just heard confound their impudence! intends, upon the strength of this accession of property, to stand for the county against my old friend , at the dissolution, which cannot now be far off. If you don't think one thousand pounds enough, I'll double it.
Samuel Ferret appeared, followed by Lady Compton and her son, the rear of the party brought up by Sir Jasper Thornely, whose jolly fox-hunting face shone like a full-blown peony. The lady, though painfully agitated, looked charmingly; and the timid, appealing glance she unconsciously, as it were, threw round the court, would, in a doubtful case, have secured a verdict.
Vexed at the interruption, I almost snatched the letter from the man's hand, hastily broke the seal, and to my great surprise found it was from my excellent old friend Sir Jasper Thornely of Thornely Hall, Lancashire. It ran as follows: "My Dear , The bearer of this note is a lady whom I am desirous of serving to the utmost extent of my ability.
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