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"I will send for her immediately. And now that I have an opportunity,
let me guard you against her influence. I am anxious to bring about a
marriage between her and a young nobleman--Lord Dunroe--who will soon be
the Earl of Cullamore, for his old father is dying, or near it, and then
Lucy will be a countess. To effect this has been the great ambition of
my life. Now, you must not only prevent Lucy from gaining you over to
her interests, for she would nearly as soon die as marry him."
"Pshaw!"
"What do you pshaw for, Tom?"
"All nonsense, sir. She doesn't know her own mind; or, rather, she ought
to have no mind on the subject."
"Perfectly right; my identical sentiments. Lucy, however, detests this
lord, notwithstanding--ay, worse than she does the deuce himself. You
must, therefore, not permit yourself to be changed or swayed by her
influence, but support me by every argument and means in your power."
"Don't fear me, sir. Your interests, or rather the girl's own, if she
only knows them, shall have my most strenuous support.


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