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It was the first of July, young Frank Gresham's birthday, and the London season was not yet over; nevertheless, Lady de Courcy had managed to get down into the country to grace the coming of age of the heir, bringing with her all the Ladies Amelia, Rosina, Margaretta, and Alexandrina, together with such of the Honourable Johns and Georges as could be collected for the occasion.
I suppose it won't be so very dull when everybody is up in London." "I don't find the season makes much difference to us after Christmas," said Amelia; "but no doubt London is gayer in May. You'll find you'll like it better next year; and perhaps you'll have a baby, you know." "Psha!" ejaculated Lady Alexandrina; "I don't want a baby, and don't suppose I shall have one."
Environs of the lake Alexandrina Appointment of Capt. Barker to make a further survey of the coast near Encounter Bay Narrative of his proceedings Mount Lofty, Mount Barker, and beautiful country adjacent Australian salmon Survey of the coast Outlet of lake to the sea Circumstances that led to the slaughter of Capt.
Lady Alexandrina de Courcy was, I believe, an old friend of his; with whom, perhaps, he had had some lover's quarrel. On his going to Courcy they made it up, and this is the result." "And that is to be sufficient for my poor girl?" "You will, of course, understand that I am not defending Mr Crosbie. The whole affair is very sad, very sad, indeed.
Her wrath would not carry her much beyond that. "Now, sir, you may redeem the promise you made me when you first came here, or you may let it alone." So she spoke, and then she turned her face away from him, gazing out into the darkness. "Alexandrina!" he said. "Well, sir? But you have no right to speak to me in that style. You know that you have no right to call me by my name in that way!"
The Boraipar or language of the Arkatko tribe, who inhabit the scrub to the east of the Murray, and the Aiawong or river dialect, extending, with slight variations, from the junction of the Murray and Lake Alexandrina to the Darling.
"It's always something to do, you know." Lady Alexandrina, though she was not of an energetic temperament, could not but confess to herself that she had made a mistake.
"I will tell him this afternoon," said the countess; "and then you can see him to-morrow morning. I don't suppose he will say very much, you know; and perhaps he may think, you won't mind my saying it, I'm sure, that Alexandrina might have done better. But I don't believe that he'll raise any strong objection. There will be something about settlements, and that sort of thing, of course."
They were to be married now in a week or two, and such a sign of love might have been allowed to him, even in the presence of the bride's mother. He did succeed in getting hold of her fingers, but found in them none of the softness of a response. "Don't," said Lady Alexandrina, withdrawing her hand; and the tone of her voice as she spoke the word was not sweet to his ears.
The last of the Guelphs on the throne of Great Britain expired with William IV., whose niece and successor, Victoria Alexandrina, wedded, 1840, Albert of Saxe-Coburg, second son of Ernest, the reigning duke. That the descendant of the steadfast elector should, after such adverse fortune, be thus destined to occupy the highest position in the reformed world, is of itself remarkable.
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