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Guy Mannering
Guy Mannering

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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--Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!
What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?
Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.
Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.
"I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"
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Guy Mannering

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Guy Mannering is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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--Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!
Line 2
What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?
Line 3
Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.
Line 4
Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.
Line 5
"I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

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a

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

acceptable

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

against

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

all

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

And

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

another's

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

base

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

be

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

begged

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

BEN

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

Bertram

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

can

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

Colonel

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

commanded

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

commands

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

detain

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

do

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

done

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

down

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

either

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

else

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

fear

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

fifth

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

for

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

given

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

God

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

good

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

hath

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

Having

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

he

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

her

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

his

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

honest

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

house

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

hurt

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

I

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

idol

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

If

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

in

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

is

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

JONSON

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

kill

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

landlady

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

laws

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

lost

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

madam

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

Maker

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

man

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

man's

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

manner

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

moment

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

most

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

Mr

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

must

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

not

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

of

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

officious

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

Or

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

own

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

parlour

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

pensively

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

people

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

re-entered

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

Reputation

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

right

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

said

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

say

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

set

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

should

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

son

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

suffer

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

take

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

that's

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

the

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

them

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

they

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

things

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

think

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

thought

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

to

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

too

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

understood

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

unworthy

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

up

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

us

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

valour

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

walking

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

was

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

we

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

What

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

when

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From this reading Fear to do base unworthy things is valour; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.-- BEN JONSON, The Colonel was walking pensively up and down the parlour, when the officious landlady re-entered to take his commands.

Who

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

will

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From this reading What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation?

would

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From this reading Having given them in the manner he thought would be most acceptable "for the good of the house," he begged to detain her a moment.

year

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From this reading "I think," he said, "madam, if I understood the good people right, Mr. Bertram lost his son in his fifth year?"

yet

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From this reading --Reputation?--that's man's idol set up against God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill, And yet we say we must, for Reputation!

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