George Meredith. Lord Ormont and His Aminta. Volume 4
CHAPTER XVII. LADY CHARLOTTE'S TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XVIII. A SCENE ON THE ROAD BACK
CHAPTER XIX. THE PURSUERS
CHAPTER XX. AT THE SIGN OF THE JOLLY CRICKETERS
CHAPTER XXI. UNDER-CURRENTS IN THE MINDS OF LADY CHARLOTTE AND LORD ORMONT
CHAPTER XXII. TREATS OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONTENTION OF BROTHER AND SISTER
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ORMONT JEWELS
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After refusing to quit the grounds of Steignton, in spite of the proprietor, Mrs. Pagnell burst into an agitation to have them be at speed, that they might 'shake the dust of the place from the soles of their feet'; and she hurried past Aminta and Lord Ormont's insolent emissary, carrying Mr. Morsfield beside her, perforce of a series of imperiously-toned vacuous questions, to which he listened in rigid politeness, with the ejaculation steaming off from time to time, 'A scandal!'
He shot glances behind him.
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He subdued the mouthing.
'It didn't, offend me at all. It is one of my amusements to think of it.
