The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper, Chapter 2

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​⁠This is the pathetic matter of my story, and it requires pointing out, because he never could explain what it was that seemed to him so cruel in it, for he was no brilliant son of fortune, he was no great pretender, none of those who are logically displaced from the heights they have been raised to, manifestly created to show the moral in Providence. He was modest, retiring, humbly contented; a ge