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Title: Lord Kilgobbin : a tale of Ireland in our own time
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872 Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882, ill
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
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ho were here the other day shocked my ignorance bynumberless little displays of indifference. Yet I can feel that theymust have been paragons of good breeding, and that what I believedto be a veiycool self-sufficiency was in reality the very latest Londonversion of good manners. Oh, you did not like that charming carelessness of Englishmenthat goes where it likes and when it likes, that does not wait to beanswered when it questions, and only insists on one thing, which is—* not to be bored. If you knew, dearest Kate, how foreigners schoolthemselves, and strive to catch up that insouciance, and neversucceed—never! My brothers friend certainly is no adept in it. He is insufferable. I dont know that the man ever dined inthe company of ladies before; did you remark that he did not openthe door as we left the dinner-room ? and if your brother had notcome over, I should have had to open it for myself. I declare Imnot sure he stood up as we passed. Oh, yes; I saw him rise from his chair.
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ON THE LEADS. 1G7 Ill tell you what you dul uot see. You did not see liim openhis napkin at dinner. Ho stole his roll of bread very slyly from thefolds, and then placed the napkin, carefully folded, beside him. You seem to have observed him closely, Nina. I did so, because I saw enough in his manner to excite suspicionof his class, and I want to know what Dick means by introducinghim here. Papa liked him; at least ho said that after we left the room agood deal of his shyness wore ofl, and that he conversed pleasantlyand well. Above all, he seems to know Ireland perfectly. Indeed ! said she, half-disdainfully. So much so that I was heartily sorry to leave the room when Iheard them begin the topic; but I saw papa wished to have sometalk with him, and I went. They were gallant enough not to join us afterwards, though Ithink we waited tea till ten. Till nigh eleven, Nina; so that I am sure they must have beeninterested in their conversation. I hope the explanation excuses them. I dont kno

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