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Frau Frohmann, and Other Stories (Classic Reprint)
Frau Frohmann and Other Stories - Classic Reprint Author:Anthony Trollope WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES. CHAPTER I. THE BRUKNENTHAL PEACOCK. IF ever there was a Tory upon earth, the Frau Frohmann was a Tory; for I hold that landed possessions, gentle blood, a gray-haired butler behind one's chair, and adherence to the Church of England, are not necessarily the distinguishing marks of Toryism. The Frau Frohmann w... more »as a woman who loved power, but who loved to use it for the benefit of those around her,-or at any rate to think that she so used it. She believed in the principles of despotism and paternal government,-but always on the understanding that she was to be the despot. In her heart of hearts she disliked education, thinking that it unfitted the minds of her humbler brethren for the duties of their lives. She hated, indeed, all changes,-changes in costume, changes in hours, changes in cookery, and changes in furniture; but of all changes she perhaps hated changes in prices the most. Gradually there had come over her n
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ix how bessy pryor answered the two letters, and what came of it 167; x how bessy pryor's lover argued his case 174; xi how bessy pryor received her lover 182; xii how bessy pryor was brought back, and what then became of her 190; CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL; i mrs brown's success 201; ii mrs brown's failure 214; mrs brown attempts to escape 223; iv mrs brown does escape 234; v mks brown" at thompson hall 249; THE TELEGRAPH GIRL; i lucy graham and sophy wilson 263; It- abraham hall 275; iii sophy wilson goes to hastings 286; iv mr brown the hairdresser• 298; v abraham hall married 310; ALICE DUGDALE; i the doctor's family 323; ii major rossitbr 333; iii lady wanless 342; iv the heethamites 352; v tub invitation 3C2; vi the archery meeting; vii a iter the party3S; viii sir walter up in londox391; ix lady deepbell400; x the bird that pecked at the window 409