ew I was to blame. But I had no moral pretentions, and it was too much Halpa Moncler Untuvatakki Miehet to expect that I should rebuke the young woman and preach her a sermon. You admit that, I dare say?’
The mathematician, frowning uncomfortably, gave a nod of assent.
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‘Well, well,’ said Micklethwaite, ‘every one knows there are detestable women to be found. But you oughtn’t to let this affect your view of women in general. What became of the girl?’
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‘And do you suppose,’ asked Everard, with a smile of indulgence, ‘that I could marry on four hundred and fifty a year.
‘Heavens! Why not?’
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