One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
George Meredith
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
George Meredith · English
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One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
George Meredith · English
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CHAPTER XXXVII THE MOTHER-THE DAUGHTER Taking Nesta's hand, on her entry into his chambers with her father, Colney Durance bowed over it and kissed it. The unusual performance had a meaning; she felt she was praised. It might be because she made herself her father's companion. 'I can't persuade him to put on a great- coat,' she said. 'You would defeat his aim at the particular waistcoat of his ambition,' said Colney, goaded to speak, not anxious to be heard. He kept her beside
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
George Meredith
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