bank.’
‘There shall be as little lingering as possible, in your case, Mr.
Maldon, you may depend upon it,’ said Mr. Wickfield.
‘Thank’ee,’ said the other. ‘Much obliged. I don’t want to look a
gift-horse in the mouth, which is not a gracious thing to do;
otherwise, I dare say, my cousin Annie could easily arrange it in
her own way. I suppose Annie would only have to say to the old
Doctor—’
‘Meaning that Mrs. Strong would only have to say to her
husband—do I follow you?’ said Mr. Wickfield.
‘Quite so,’ returned the other, ‘—would only have to say, that
she wanted such and such a thing to be so and so; and it would be
so and so, as a matter of course.’
‘And why as a matter of course, Mr. Maldon?’ asked Mr.
Wickfield, sedately eating his dinner.
‘Why, because Annie’s a charming young girl, and the old
Doctor—Doctor Strong, I mean—is not quite a charming young
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boy,’ said Mr. Jack Maldon, laughing. ‘No offence to anybody, Mr.
Wickfield. I only mean that I suppose some compensation is fair
and reasonable in that sort of marriage.’
‘Compensation to the lady, sir?’ asked Mr. Wickfield gravely.
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