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Quotation from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“He would have filled my place better than I have filled it. I know that. He would have been an honor to the name.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett (spoken by The Earl of Dorincourt)

Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Frances Hodgson Burnett

Standing over the sleeping Cedric after hearing of the claimant, the Earl admits for the first time that he loves the boy.

Citation: "He would have filled my place better than I have filled it. I know that. He would have been an honor to the name." — Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter X (Project Gutenberg text). (id little-lord-fauntleroy-q5)

Portrait: Fauntleroy-FC-1886, Reginald Birch (illustrator); Charles Scribner's Sons, Public domain.

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