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reputation

of cynic

had been

as easy to

sustain as

any other.

In truth

he had had

several

delightful

friendships

with women

who would

have been

pleased to

marry him

if he had

asked them

– but he

had not

asked

them. He

had once

got nearly

as far as

an

announcement

in the

Morning

Post, but

the girl

did not

want to

live in

Pekin and

he did not

want to

live at

Tunbridge

Wells,

mutual

reluctances

which

proved

impossible

to

dislodge.

So far as

he had had

experience