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The Inheritance, Volume 2 of 3
Excerpt from The Inheritance
O 1 I know where you are now — but if you want to take me in, Mr Edward, that won't do they say Day-light peeps through a small hole,' and Love, like smoke, will not hide, so you needn't trouble yourself to go about the bush with me — but you needn't be afraid — mum's the word -mum and budget, ha, ha, ha l — do you re member that? It's mum with you, it seems, and budget with a certain gay Colonel, for he's off the field — aye! You've really been very sly — but what will my Lord and his member say to it, think you i'...
O 1 I know where you are now — but if you want to take me in, Mr Edward, that won't do they say Day-light peeps through a small hole,' and Love, like smoke, will not hide, so you needn't trouble yourself to go about the bush with me — but you needn't be afraid — mum's the word -mum and budget, ha, ha, ha l — do you re member that? It's mum with you, it seems, and budget with a certain gay Colonel, for he's off the field — aye! You've really been very sly — but what will my Lord and his member say to it, think you i'...
423 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1824
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Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
44 books18 followersSusan Edmonstone Ferrier was a Scottish novelist. Her novels, giving vivid accounts of Scottish life and presenting sharp views on women's education, remained popular throughout the 19th century.
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