An unwilling traveler from the south of France to spend Christmas with his wife's relatives at Thompson Hall. When Mrs. Brown put the mustard plaster intended for him on Mr. Jones, he attempted to make a suitable apology, which was somewhat ungraciously received.
To the taste of any woman the enthusiasm of another woman is never very palatable.
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GEROULD, WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton
University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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