The Freelands by John Galsworthy
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Nedda was in the drive when he returned, gazing at a nymph set up there by Clara. It was a good thing, procured from Berlin, well known for sculpture, and beginning to green over already, as though it had been there a long time--a pretty creature with shoulders drooping, eyes modestly cast down, and a sparrow perching on her head. "Well, Dad?" "They're coming." "When?" "On Tuesday--the youngsters, only." "You might tell me a little about them." But Felix only smiled. His powers of description faltered before that task; and, proud of those powers, he did not choose to subject them to failure. CHAPTER VIII Not till three o'clock that Saturday did the Bigwigs begin to come. Lord and Lady Britto first from Erne by car; then Sir Gerald and Lady Malloring, also by car from Joyfields; an early afternoon train brought three members of the Lower House, who liked a round of golf--Colonel Martlett, Mr. Sleesor, and Sir John Fanfar--with their wives; also |
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