It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such…

Charles Dickens
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It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong. ✨ Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848). Dombey and Son, p.133
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It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong. ✨ Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848). Dombey and Son, p.133

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