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from being used to the large parties of London, may not
quite enter into our feelings.’
‘I know nothing of the large parties of London, sir—I
never dine with any body.’
‘Indeed! (in a tone of wonder and pity,) I had no idea
that the law had been so great a slavery. Well, sir, the time
must come when you will be paid for all this, when you
will have little labour and great enjoyment.’
‘My first enjoyment,’ replied John Knightley, as they
passed through the sweep-gate, ‘will be to find myself safe
at Hartfield again.’
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