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'Oh yes, we know Sir Felix Carbury'

'He is coht eyes, as Carbury Manor would hardly be just what he would like'

'I don't think he is co She had once told hi to her idea had been tanta his offer as far as her power of acceptance went Since that she had seen him, indeed, but he had not said a word to press his suit, nor, as far as she knew, had he said a word to Mr Mel the attentions of other suitors She had made up her mind that she was in love with Felix Carbury, and she had resolved on constancy But she had begun to treiana, 'that he was a particular friend of yours' And she laughed aloud, with a vulgarity which Madame Melmotte certainly could not have surpassed

Sir Felix, on the Sunday afternoon, found all the ladies out on the lawn, and he also found Mr Melmotte there At the last moment Lord Alfred Grendall had been asked,--not because he was at all in favour with any of the Longestaffes, but in order that he reat Director Lord Alfred was used to hiht probably knohat he liked to eat and drink Therefore Lord Alfred had been asked to Caversha all his expenses paid by the great Director When Sir Felix arrived, Lord Alfred was earning his entertain to Mr Melmotte in a suars, but was probably thinking at the tiuid, but not uncivil in her reception She was doing her best to perform her part of the treaty in reference to Mada apart with a certain Mr Whitstable, a young squire in the neighbourhood, who had been asked to Cavershaht,--they who decided the question ht have said thirty-one without falsehood-- it was considered that Mr Whitstable was good enough, or at least as good as could be expected Sophia was handso handsoiana had beenher friends of the offers which she had rejected Her friends on the other hand were apt to tell of her many failures Nevertheless she held her head up, and had not as yet co the rural Whitstables At the presentherself to such a performance of the treaty as should make it impossible for her father to leave his part of it unfulfilled