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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CORDIAL RELATIONS HE other day I paid a call on Miss Dolly Foster for the purpose of presenting to her my small offering on the occasion of her marriage to Lord Mick- leham. It was a pretty little bit of jewellery, a pearl heartbroken (rubies played the part of blood) and held together by a gold pin, set with diamonds, the whole surmounted by an earl's coronet. I had taken some trouble about it, and I was grateful when Miss Dolly asked me to explain the symbolism. " It is my heart," I observed. " The fracture is of your making: the pin " Here Miss Dolly interrupted; to tell the truth, I was not sorry, for I was fairly gravelled for the meaning of the pin. "What nonsense, Mr. Carter " said she; "but it's awfully pretty. Thanks, so very, very much. Are n't relations funny people ? " "If you wish to change the subject, pray do," said I. "I 'll change anything except my affections." " Look here," she pursued, holding out a bundle of letters. " Here are the congratulatory epistles from relations. Shall I read you a few ? " " It will be a most agreeable mode of passing the time," said I. " This is from Aunt Georgiana she 's a widow lives at Cheltenham. ' My dearest Dorothea '" " Who ? " " Dorothea's my name, Mr. Carter. It means the gift of heaven, you know." " Precisely. Pray proceed, Miss Dolly. I did not at first recognise you." "' My dearest Dorothea, I have heard the news of your engagement to Lord Mickleham with deep thankfulness. To obtain the love of an honest man is a great prize. I hope you will prove worthy of it. Marriage is a trial and an opportunity '" " Hear, hear " said I. "A trial for the husband and " " Be quiet, Mr. Carter. ' A trial and an opportunity. It searches the heart and it affords a sphere of usef...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458871749 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458871746 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $20.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 116 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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