![]() ![]() His friend hauled himself to his feet with an effort and crossed the crowded and rather untidy bachelor room that he rented close to St. I was living in heaven and did not realize it.” ![]() And I used to complain about lack of funds and consequence. I was one myself until fifteen months ago, Ger. The earl sighed and hooked one leg over the arm of the chair on which he sat. “It would be better to be like me, Miles,” he said, “and just tell the world in no uncertain terms that you will remain a bachelor as long as you please, and that that will be for a lifetime, thank you kindly.” ![]() Sir Gerald Stapleton laughed and drained off the final mouthful of brandy left in his glass. “If you could set before me the plainest, dullest, most ordinary female in London,” Miles Ripley, Earl of Severn said, “or in England, for that matter, I would make her an offer without further ado.” ![]()
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