The Craze of Christina — page 45: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. Al conditions! must they all be carried out? is it impossible to evade them?”’ Mr. Scrubb drew himself up, and the crackled smile became promptly extinguished. “Tt is not to me, Mr, Clifford, that you ought to come with such a question as that. It is my duty to see that you carry out the conditions of your late uncle’s testament, not to suggest an evasion of them.” ‘But consider Docker, Mr. Scrubb; I beg of you to consider Docker! What would you do, I ask you, if you had a Docker constantly at your elbow?” Mr. Scrubb coughed a discreet ‘“‘ehem”’ be- hind his hand. : “James Docker is a most estimabis man, Mr. Clifford. My late lamented friend, your uncle, had a very high regard for him; he will serve you faithfully, I assure you.”’ “Then I may not go away! and already I be- gin to loathe the place. The loneliness is ap- palling, and I may not marry for three years.”’ “Tut, tut, my dear young friend, if you will allow me to call you so, really these are scarcely genuine grievances. You have a fine houseand a beautiful estate; you will soon have plenty of friends about you; there is no hardship in your living constantly at Esselton for a few Ccomnlicloolks.co