This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...for mamma to get a house in London. It seems to me that if ours is so large, there is no reason why papa and mamma and Constance should not stay with us.' Lurgan had taken the tongs in his hands and was carefully lifting up some pieces of wood and placing them on the logs, but his mother gave a short laugh. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...for mamma to get a house in London. It seems to me that if ours is so large, there is no reason why papa and mamma and Constance should not stay with us.' Lurgan had taken the tongs in his hands and was carefully lifting up some pieces of wood and placing them on the logs, but his mother gave a short laugh. "Sit down, Alice," she said with great good humor. "I had intended talking this matter of your people coming over here with Algernon tonight; but since you have brought up the subject, it may as well be finished now. Of course, the idea of entertaining them in our house is preposterous." Alice had grown very pale, but she faced Lady Lurgan unflinchingly. "Pardon me, Lady Lurgan," she said, "but I must be the judge of when I shall entertain my family in my own house." "In your husband's house, you mean. This is your first season in London. You are under the disadvantage of being a foreigner, of no birth, with no family connections whatever. You have married into this family, and it is its duty, and shall be its care, to see that you make no serious mistakes. You could do nothing so fatal--so absolutely ludicrous--as to take a lot of nobodies into your house to foist upon the friends of your husband's family. We cannot allow it. Not only shall we not invite Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson and their daughter to visit us just now, but if they persist in coming to London, I shall write to your parents and tell them what a disadvantage their presence would be to you, and shall ask them to remain in America." Lady Lurgan's voice was perfectly calm and suave. "And after the trouble they have taken to place you in a good position, I believe that when they understand the situation they will be the last...
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Add this copy of Her Ladyship to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by The Book Trader rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1897 by Frank A. Munsey.
Add this copy of Her Ladyship to cart. $59.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.