Leonard Merrick

Name: McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2 — A Millionaire's Romance
Author: Leonard Merrick

McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

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“McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2 — A Millionaire's Romance”, published in 1913, is a work by Leonard Merrick. It explores elements such as Mayne, millionaire and Tunbridge Wells.

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ You don't mean to say that, if you cared for somebody else who wanted you, you'd marry your fiancé still?"
"If the somebody else were a millionaire," she said, "he would never hear that I cared for him. Yes, for love it is just possible that I might break off my engagement; but I should want my love to be understood. A millionaire would always doubt it in his heart of hearts—he would always think I had been disloyal for the sake of his wealth."
"If I were a millionaire," said Mayne, "I should be only too ready to believe anything of the kind you told me!" ”

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ As Parker Mayne had humored his whims all his life, it was the most natural thing in the world that, instead of crossing to Calais when he reached England, he traveled to Tunbridge Wells. He was eager to know the girl, and he salved his conscience by reminding himself that he had the right to know her—wasn't he playing the part of a philanthropist and putting her lover in a position to marry her? What could be more natural, in the circumstances, than that he should, desire her acquaintance? ”

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ But I'm a man; women were meant to have their share of candy in the world."
"The sweetest candy to a woman is—love," she answered. "A woman would rather marry the man she loved, even if he were poor, than sell herself for all the motors and diamonds in London."
"I have heard women say so—in novels," said Parker Mayne; "but in real life——"
"In real life you've heard at least one woman say so!"
"Don't you think a rich man can love as well as a poor one?" exclaimed Mayne jealously. "Why must the hero always be a beggar?" ”

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ On the other hand, it would probably be a tiresome business to obtain an introduction unless he mentioned Sinclair's name.
At a hotel in Tunbridge Wells he inscribed himself simply, "P. Mayne, from London"; and, after luncheon, he took a fly to Rusthall, wondering what he was going to do when he got there. But for the consciousness that his true motives were highly discreditable, he would have enjoyed the drive; the day was fair, the country was delightful, and to seek a woman, instead of being sought by her, was a piquant change. ”

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ I'm not fond of poverty at all; I should like to be rich. Only I put love first. I say that I would rather marry a poor man whom I loved than a millionaire whom I didn't care for."
"And assuming you loved a millionaire?" persisted Mayne.
"Assuming I loved a millionaire,—it's a fantastic supposition, for millionaires don't grow in Rusthall,—but if I did I should be very unhappy. For one thing, the millionaire would find nothing to attract him in a girl like me ”

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ It seems very peaceful and very sweet; but when I think of women who have their motors and diamonds, and all that, and compare them with you—well, it's considerably rough that you aren't making a splash with the best of them, and cutting them all out. ”

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Leonard Merrick, McClure's Magazine, Volume 41, Number 2… (1913)

“ They're living in the country, near Tunbridge Wells—a village called Rusthall. Life in New York, on two or three thousand dollars a year, would be gaiety compared with what she's got."
"Extraordinary!" murmured Mayne. "Well, Mr. Sinclair, I've brought you in here, and I suppose I've raised some expectations. I don't know what sort of journalist you are, but I'll give you a letter to the editor, and you had better go and talk to him to-morrow. ”

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