Once, nearly twenty years ago, a friend of mine consulted me how he should deal with a daughter who had made what they call a love match, beggared herself, and disgraced her family; and I said, without hesitation, take no care of her, but cast her off; such punishment I awarded for an offence committed against the reputation of a family not my own; and what I advised respecting the child of another, with full as small compunction I would do with mine. I cannot conceive anything more unreasonable or intolerable than that the fortune and the character of a family should be marred by the idle caprices of a girl."
She spoke this with great severity, and paused as if she expected some observation from me. I, however, said nothing.
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She spoke this with great severity, and paused as if she expected some observation from me. I, however, said nothing.
Two Ghostly Mysteries
Once, nearly twenty years ago, a friend of mine consulted me how he should deal with a daughter who had made what they call a love match, beggared herself, and disgraced her family; and I said, without hesitation, take no care of her, but cast her off; such punishment I awarded for an offence committed against the reputation of a family not my own; and what I advised respecting the child of another, with full as small compunction I would do with mine. I cannot conceive anything more unreasonable or intolerable than that the fortune and the character of a family should be marred by the idle caprices of a girl."
She spoke this with great severity, and paused as if she expected some observation from me. I, however, said nothing.
She spoke this with great severity, and paused as if she expected some observation from me. I, however, said nothing.
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| BN ID: | 2940148545545 |
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| Publisher: | Dons Ebooks |
| Publication date: | 10/27/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 69 KB |
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