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Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite
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Trollope had to search for something to say in this. Unfortunately his search kept landing him in the same spot and he became repetitive. Emily Hotspur was an heiress and George Hotspur was a bad man. There aren't a lot of ways to say that the girl is worth £20,000 per year, but there are lots of ways a man can be bad. It was still £20,000 and still bad even when approached from different angles.
So why is the person in the title Sir Harry Hotspur? He is Emily's father and George's cousin. Emily ...more
So why is the person in the title Sir Harry Hotspur? He is Emily's father and George's cousin. Emily ...more

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