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A damn’d cramp piece of penmanship as ever I saw in my life!

She Stoops to Conquer

A damn’d cramp piece of penmanship as ever I saw in my life!

When the Templar reached the hall of the castle, he found De Bracy already there. “Your love-suit,” said De Bracy, “hath, I suppose, been disturbed, like mine, by this obstreperous summons. But you have come later and more reluctantly, and therefore I presume your interview has proved more agreeable than mine.”

“Has your suit, then, been unsuccessfully paid to the Saxon heiress?” said the Templar.

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