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Sir James Chettam could not look with any satisfaction on Mr. Brooke's new courses; but it was easier to object than to hinder. Sir James accounted for his having come in alone one day to lunch with the Cadwalladers by saying--
-"I can't talk to you as I want, before Celia: it might hurt her. Indeed, it would not be right."