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Three Earls, Pembroke, Powis, and Carnarvon, represented the cultured family of Herbert, and, as a counterpoise to the Duke of Northumberland, we see six Peers of the doughty Douglas blood. Lord Curzon found by his side three other Curzons, and the Duke of Atholl three Murrays from the slopes of the Grampians.
Why, the girl is of no family to signify, whereas the Curzons It will be a better match for her than in her wildest dreams she could have hoped for." "Perhaps, in her wildest dreams, she hoped for a good man, and one who could honestly love her." "Pouf! You are hardly up to date, my dear fellow. Girls, now-a-days, are wise enough to know they can't have everything, and she will get a good deal.
"I knew the Curzons before I was married," she observed, quietly; "they have often talked to me of their old governess, Miss Fenton; her name is Keith now, you say; she was a great favourite with her pupils. Well, is it not a pity that you should not follow your aunt's example? If you are not clever, would not the situation of a nursery governess be more fitting for you?
When this delightful meal was over, a stroll as far as the church and the stately Hall of the Curzons, back to the inn, an hour or so in the snug bar with the village worthies, who welcomed our almost weekly visits and the yarns we brought from Derby town; then back home by the broad highway, under the star-lit sky an afternoon and an evening to be ever remembered.
Why, the girl is of no family to signify, whereas the Curzons It will a better match for her than in her wildest dreams she could have hoped for." "Perhaps, in her wildest dreams, she hoped for a good man, and one who could honestly love her." "Pouf! You are hardly up to date, my dear fellow. Girls, now-a-days, are wise enough to know they can't have everything, and she will get a good deal.
Under the Curzons' régime Government House balls and garden parties were counted the most brilliant occurring in the East. A mighty personage in present-day Calcutta is General Viscount Kitchener, commander-in-chief of the Indian army.
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