The Mountain Girl by Emma Payne Erskine Chapter 31 Page 25

paused, and his teeth ground together and his jaw set rigidly, then he continued with a savage force that appalled her, throwing out short sentences like daggers. “Lord H — — brings home an American wife. His family are well pleased. She is every where received. Her father is a rich brewer. Her brother has turned out his millions from the business of pork packing. The stench from his establishment pollutes miles of country, but does not reach England — why? Because of the disinfectant process of transmuting their greasy American dollars into golden English sovereigns. There’s justice.”

“Be reasonable, David. Their estates were involved to the last degree and those sovereigns saved the family. Without them they would have passed out of their possession utterly, and been divided