Excerpt from The Fat of the Land, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel
"How did you manage to get into this field? " was Mrs Fanshawe's first exclamation to her new visitor, as Sikes, loudly protesting, and croaking like a bird-fiend, scuttled away in the direction of his harem. "Miss Clavering - Mr La Touche, I believe you have not met before. You have really had a rough reception. Did none of them warn you about the gander?"
"The fault is entirely my own,...
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