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This note, whether a true copy or a forgery, was received by all with
the greatest enthusiasm. A young lord, Charles Okehampton, Baron Mohun,
who belonged to the wigless faction, read and re-read it with delight.
Lewis de Duras, Earl of Faversham, an Englishman with a Frenchman's wit,
looked at Mohun and smiled.
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That is a woman I should like to marry!" exclaimed Lord Mohun.
The lords around them overheard the following dialogue between Duras and
Mohun:--
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Marry the Duchess Josiana, Lord Mohun!"
Why not?"
Plague take it."
She would make one very happy."
She would make many very happy."
But is it not always a question of many?"
Lord Mohun, you are right. With regard to women, we have always the
leavings of others. Has any one ever had a beginning?"
"Adam, perhaps."
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