began shaking me by the hand. "Drive homeJohn said
the gentleman: I'll be with youmy lovein an instant--it's an old friend.
Fitzlet me present you to Mrs. Berry."
The lady made an exceedingly gentle inclination of her black-velvet
bonnetand saidPray
my love
remember that it is just dinner-time.
However
never mind ME.And with another slight toss and a nod to the
postilionthat individual's white leather breeches began to jump up and
down again in the saddleand the carriage disappearedleaving me
shaking my old friend Berry by the hand.
He had long quitted the armybut still wore his military beardwhich
gave to his fair pink face a fierce and lion-like look. He was
extraordinarily glad to see meas only men are glad who live in a small
townor in dull company. There is no destroyer of friendships like
Londonwhere a man has no time to think of his neighbourand has far
too many friends to care for them. He told me in a breath of his marriage
and how happy he wasand straight insisted that I must come home to
dinnerand see more of Angelicawho had invited me herself--didn't I
hear her?
Mrs. Berry asked YOUFrank; but I certainly did not hear her ask
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She would not have mentioned the diyilai:
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