The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4 by George Meredith
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lane: 'We have had one of our old walks to-day, Chillon!'
'You used to walk together long walks over in your own country,' said Mr. Wythan. 'Yes, Owain, we did, and my brother never knew me tired.' 'Never knew you confess to it,' said Chillon, as he swallowed the name on her lips. 'Walking was flying over there, brother.' 'Say once or twice in Wales, too,' Mr. Wythan begged of her. 'Wales reminded. Yes, ..Owain, I shall not forget Wales, Welsh people. Mr. Woodseer says they have the three-stringed harp in their breasts, and one string is always humming, whether you pull it or no.' 'That 's love of country! that 's their love of wild Wales, Carinthia.' There was a quiet interrogation in Chillon's turn of the head at this fervent simpleton. 'I love them for that hum,' said she. 'It joins one in me.' 'Call to them any day, they are up, ready to march!' 'Oh, dear souls!' Carinthia said. Her breath drew in. |
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