How could he face her, or her mother, or even her
maid, now he had cognisance of this naughty calumny? "Of course Hannah
had contradicted it?" "Of course I have a done no such indeed," replied
Master Clive's old friend; "of course I have set 'em down a bit; for when
little Trimmer said it, and she supposed it was all settled between you,
seeing how it had been a going on in foreign parts last year, Mrs.
Pincott says, 'Hold your silly tongue, Trimmer,' she says; 'Miss Ethel
marry a painter, indeed, Trimmer!' says she, 'while she has refused to be
a Countess,' she says; 'and can be a Marchioness any day, and will be a
Marchioness. Marry a painter, indeed!' Mrs. Pincott says; 'Trimmer, I'm
surprised at your impidence.' So, my dear, I got angry at that," Clive's
champion continued, "and says I, if my young master ain't good enough for
any young lady in this world, says I, I'd like you to show her to me: and
if his dear father, the Colonel, says I, ain't as good as your old
gentleman upstairs, says I, who has gruel and dines upon doctor's stuff,
the Mrs.
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