"True enough; before Mabel was born, we were well-tried friends; and the hussy would never dream of refusing to marry a man who was her father's friend before she was born."

– Oui sans doute, avant la naissance de ma fille. Et comment pourrait-elle refuser d’épouser un homme qui était l’ami de son père avant qu’elle fût née ?

Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario

Le lac Ontario

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea

Cooper, James Fenimore

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