Mr Hender

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etween dear Cynthia and
Rogerbut it is very difficult to characterise it; I have no doubt that
is the reason she shrinks from speaking about it. Forbetween
ourselvesMollyI really sometimes think it will come to nothing.
He is so long awayandprivately speakingCynthia is not very
very constant. I once knew her very much taken before—that little
affair is quite gone by; and she was very civil to Mr Hendersonin
her way; I fancy she inherits itfor when I was a girl I was beset by
loversand could never find in my heart to shake them off. You
have not heard dear papa say anything of the old squireor dear
Osbornehave you? It seems so long since we have heard or seen
anything of Osborne. But he must be quite wellI thinkor we
should have heard of it.’
‘I believe he is quite well. Some one said the other day that they
had met him riding—it was Mrs Goodenoughnow I remember—
and that he was looking stronger than he had done for years.’
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell
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‘Indeed [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! I am truly glad to hear it. I always was fond of
Osborne; anddo you knowI never really took to Roger; I
respected him and all thatof course. But to compare him with Mr
Henderson [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! Mr Henderyilai:
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it is not so
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