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| | The Project Gutenberg eBook of Fenton's Quest, by M. E. Braddon |
 | | Lister answered coldly; "she is certainly pretty, but I hope you are not going to lose your heart in that direction." |
 | | Without, the gardens were a picture of neatness and order; within, everything was solid and comfortable: the furniture of a somewhat ponderous and exploded fashion, but handsome withal, and brightened here and there by some concession to modern notions of elegance or ease—a dainty little table for books, a luxurious arm-chair, and so on. |
 | | He had finished his customary round of inspection by this time, and was sitting by one of the open windows of the drawing-room, with his body in one luxurious chair, and his legs extended upon another, deep in the study of the Gardener's Chronicle, which he flung aside upon the appearance of his family. |
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