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“You wish it to be effective? Has it never occurred to you how your avenues will be cut off if you marry a wife beneath your class?”

“What in God’s name will my wife have to do with England’s African policy? Damme — ”

“David!”

“Mother — I beg your pardon — ”

“She may have everything to do with it. No man can stand alone and foist his ideas upon such a body of men, without backing. Instead of hampering yourself with an ignorant mountain girl from America, you should have allied yourself to a strong family of position here, if you would be a power in England. What sort of a Lady Thryng will your