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A Night at Greenway Court

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291: 141:. There, he meets Philip Maurepas, a Frenchman who tells them about his years in India. He expresses his disdain for the King, to Viscount Chillingham's dismay. They compare the political orders both in England and in France. Maurepas then attacks Fairfax because of the painting of a woman with a 145:
that he has. The next day, Fairfax acts regally and Fairfax pretends nothing happened. The narrator concludes that he acted in accordance with his Virginian duty. Of historical interest, but not the most celebrated of Cather's works.
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Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, University of Nebraska Press; Rev Ed edition, 1 November 1970, page 492
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in June 1896. Four years later a revised version was published in the
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The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science
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A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Willa Cather
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