Ralph the Heir
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: G. Routledge Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Espionage Fiction / Literary Fiction / Thrillers History / General Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has n...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: G. Routledge Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Espionage Fiction / Literary Fiction / Thrillers History / General Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. Mrs. Neefit's Little Dinner. ON the Sunday morning following that remarkable Saturday on which Miss Bonner had been taken to her new home and Ralph Newton had ordered three pair of breeches, Mr. Neefit made a very ambitions proposition. "My dear, I think I'll ask that young man to come and have a bit of dinner here next Sunday." This was said after breakfast, as Mr. Neefit was being made smart in his church-going coat and his Sunday hat, which were kept together in Mrs. Neefit's big press. " Which young man ? " Now Mrs. Neefit when she asked the question knew very well that Mr. Newton was the young man to whom hospitality was to be offered. Ontario Moggs was her favourite; but Mr. Neefit would not have dreamed of asking Ontario Moggs to dinner. "Mr. Newton, my dear," said Mr. Neefit, with his head stuck sharply up, while his wife tied a bow in his Sunday neckhandker- chief. " Why should us ask him ? He won't think nothing of his vittels when he gets 'em. He'd only turn up his nose; and as for Polly, what's the use of making her more saucy than she is ? I don't want such as him here, Neefit; -- that I don't. Stuck-up young men like him had better stay away from Alexandrina Cottage," -- that was the name of the happy home at Hendon. " I'm sure our Polly won't be the better for having the likes of him here." Nothing more was said on the subject t...
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