The oldest of the Burton sons, destined to succeed his father in the firm.
"A very hardworking, steady, intelligent man ...with a bald head, a high forehead, and that look of constant work about him which such men obtain" - The Claverings
A woman is always angry with the woman, who has probably been quite passive, and rarely with the man, who is ever the real transgressor.
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GEROULD, WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
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