"What have you heard?" he said abruptly. — sixth regular illustration by George du Maurier for William Black's Three Feathers. 16 cm high by 10.3 cm wide (6 ¼ inches high by 4 inches wide), facing p. 108, framed: Chapter XX, "Tintagel's Walls" in The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. XXXI (January 1875). [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
Passage Illustrated: Harry Trelyon and his sister discuss his possibly marrying
"I shall be twenty-one in a fortnight. I am thinking of getting married."
"So I hear," she remarked quietly."
Now, he had been talking nonsense at random — mostly intent on getting his cigar well lit; but this little observation rather startled him.
"What have you heard?" he said abruptly.
Oh! nothing — the ordinary stupid gossip," she said, though she was watching him rather closely. "Are you going to stay with us for the next fortnight?" [Chapter XXII, "On the Wings of Hope," p. 174 in the 1892 edition]
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Bibliography
Allingham, Philip V. "The Illustrations for William Black's Three Feathers." (2001).
Black, William. Three Feathers. Illustrated by George du Maurier. The Cornhill Magazine, Vols. XXX & XXXI (August 1874 through June 1875).
Black, William. Three Feathers: A Novel. Illustrated by George du Maurier. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1875. 3 vols. Rpt., 1892 in a single volume.
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