[Discussion of a debate in the House of Commons and of a comment made by Mr. Arthur O’Connor] “When Mr. Pynsent, in “Pendennis” is asked his opinion of charming Blanche Amory, and bluntly declares that she is a “lean and scraggy humbug,” it is clear that he did not mean these words to be overheard… We may charitably assume that Mr. Arthur O’Connor did not exactly mean what he said.
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