Trip 2128 of 4900 collection book65
That same dialogue in Wilhelminasbook25 apartment far from allaying rather inflamed her suspicion because in the like emergency she herself had once profited by the same or nearly the samebook74 contrivance. Nor was her surprise so much the effect of his dissimulation as of his want of taste and discernment. This was an expedition with which the old maiden would have willingly dispensed because it was founded upon an uncertainty which might be attended with troublesome consequences but rather than be the means of retarding a negotiation so productive of that sort of mischief which is particularly agreeable to all of her tribe she undertook to manage and effect the discovery in full confidence of her own talents and experience.... read all
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