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Title: Lord Kilgobbin : a tale of Ireland in our own time
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872 Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882, ill
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
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army, but theCount was a perfect gentleman, and a special friend of mine. I am sorry for it, was the gruff rejoinder. You have nothing to grieve for, sir. You have no vested interestto bo imperilled by anything that I do. Let us not quarrel, at all events, said he, as he arose withsome alacrity and flung away his cigar; and Walpole turned away,as little pleased with what he had heard, as dissatisfied with himselffor having listened. And we call these things accidents, mutteredhe ; but I believe fortune means more generously by us when shecrosses our path in this wise. I almost wish I had gone a step further,and stood before them. At least it would have finished this episode,and without a word. As it is, a mere phrase will do it—the simplequestion as to what progress she makes in dancing will show I knowall. But do I know all? Thus speculating and ruminating, hewent his way till he reached the carriage, and drove ofi at speed, forthe first time in his life, really and deeply in love!
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^^?- bD AWAKENINGS. 289 He made his journey safely, and arrived at Holyhead by daybreak.He had uieaut to go over deliberately all that he should say to theViceroy, when questioned, as he expected to be, on the condition ofIreland. It was an old story, and with very few variations to enliven it. How was it that, with all his Irish intelligcuce well arranged inhis mind—the agrarian crime, the ineffective police, the timid juries,the insolence of the popular press, and the arrogant demands of thepriesthood—how was it that, ready to state all these obstacles to riglitgovernment, and prepared to show that it was only by out-jockeyin;, the parties, he could hope to win in Ireland still—that Greek girl,and what he called her perfidy, would occupy a most disproportionateshare of his thoughts, and a larger place in his heart also ? Thesimple truth is, that though up to this Walpole found immensepleasure in his flirtation with Nina Kostalergi, yet his feeling for hernow was nearer love th

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