arleys

Updated: May 4, 2025

I went on to look at Mrs Forrester's Peerage, to see who this lady was, that is to be kept under a glass case: widow of a Scotch peer never sat in the House of Lords and as poor as job, I dare say; and she fifth daughter of some Mr Campbell or other. You are the daughter of a rector, at any rate, and related to the Arleys; and Sir Peter might have been Viscount Arley, every one says."

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Cranford