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Quotation from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“when I am an earl, I am going to try to be as good as my grandfather.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett (spoken by Cedric)

Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter XV (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Frances Hodgson Burnett

The last words of Cedric's thank-you speech to the tenants, spoken in perfect faith while the Earl stands beside him.

Citation: "when I am an earl, I am going to try to be as good as my grandfather." — Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter XV (Project Gutenberg text). (id little-lord-fauntleroy-q7)

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

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