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"So do I, of course," exclaimed Valentine.
"Well," answered Brandon, "I never said you did not."

CHAPTER X.
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.

"Now I am at a loss to know whether it be my hare's foot that is my
preservation; for I never had a fit of the collique since I wore it;
or whether it be my taking of a pill of turpentine every morning."
_Diary of Mr. Samuel Pepys._
"John, the Melcombes have stayed on the Continent so much longer than I
expected that I hardly remember whether I told you I had invited them to
come round this way, and remain here a few days on their return." Old
Augustus Mortimer said this to his son, who was dining with him a few
days after the conversation concerning the wedding present. "I
supposed," he added, "that you would not invite that child or his mother
again?"
John Mortimer replied, in clear and vigorous English, that he never
should--never!
The manner in which he was looked after by the ladies had become quite a
joke in the family, though one of his chief tormentors had lately been
moved out of his way, Louisa Grant was married.


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