Old Margaret
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Excerpt from Old Margaret: And Other Stories At five-and-forty, Van Kenning was a confirmed old bachelor. Wildways said that in fourteen or fifteen years he might marry his housekeeper and settle in life; but this was only looked on as a joke, even by the Duke himself. "Van Kenning is not such an ass," the Duke said. "He comes of a long-lived stock, and a money-getting stock, and a money-holding stock. He will never let a woman have the dipping of her hand into his pocket." "Yet he is fond of a pretty face," said a smirking boy nobleman. "Then he had better get your portrait painted by one of his friends, the artists," replied the Duke, "and get it done before you have spoilt it by fast living. I tell you that Van Kenning is a confirmed old bachelor, and that in twenty years you will look older than he does now, puppy." The rest of the gentlemen present were seized with a somewhat troublesome cough. The Duke had evidently got out of bed the wrong side that morning. "Van Kenning is worth half the grinning gabies in the kingdom," the Duke went on. "He is a wise man: he loves his friends, his pictures, his dinner, and the bow-window of his club. He is a happy old bachelor. I wish to heaven I were; but that is past praying for." It was so painfully true, that the French Ambassador, who happened to be present, showed the tact of his nation by saying that if this weather lasted, the hay would be got in nicely. "You should know," said the Duke; "your people generally make hay while the sun shines. Will you dine down the river with me to-day, Count, and we will talk that matter over again; and I will catch Van Kenning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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