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Do you think I put him right? Do you imagine me thirsting to tell that Mr. Labouchere is the Christian member for Northampton? Do you suppose me swift to explain that Mr. Broadhurst is one of the Nottingham members, and that the "Nottingham lambs" are notorious in the history of political elections?
Might not I, Grace, by the golden rule, which, next to practice, is the best rule in the world, calculate and answer that question?" "I am persuaded," said Lord Colambre, "that Miss Broadhurst has friends on whom the experiment would make no difference." "I am convinced of it," said Miss Broadhurst; "and that is what makes me tolerably happy, though I have the misfortune to be an heiress."
'But, my dear Colambre, Miss Broadhurst is everything you could wish, except being a beauty. 'Perhaps, madam, said Lord Colambre, fixing his eyes on Grace Nugent, 'you think that I can see no farther than a handsome face? The unconscious Grace Nugent now made a warm eulogium of Miss Broadhurst's sense, and wit, and independence of character.
"For my part," said Miss Broadhurst, "my mother would labour that point of secrecy in vain for me; for I am willing to tell my age, even if my face did not tell it for me, to all whom it may concern I am passed three-and-twenty shall be four-and-twenty the fifth of next July." "Three-and-twenty! Bless me! I thought you were not twenty!" cried Lady Anne.
What passed at this cabinet council, as it seems to have had no immediate influence on affairs, we need not record. Suffice it to observe, that a great deal was said, and nothing done. Miss Broadhurst, however, was not a young lady who could easily be deceived, even where her passions were concerned. The moment her mother told her of Lord Colambre's intended departure, she saw the whole truth.
My lady is gone down, and Mrs. Broadhurst and my Lady Pococke's come, and the Honourable Mrs. Trembleham; and signor, the Italian singing gentleman, has been walking up and down the apartments there by himself, disconsolate, this half hour. Oh, merciful! Miss Nugent, if you could stand still for one single particle of a second.
A letter from Lady Clonbrony arrived: he opened it with the greatest eagerness passed over "Rheumatism warm weather warm bath Buxton balls Miss Broadhurst your friend, Sir Arthur Berryl, very assiduous!" The name of Grace Nugent he found at last, and read as follows: "Her mother's maiden name was St. Omar; and there was a faux pas, certainly.
That, and her never talking to one confiDANtially, or trusting one with the least bit of her secrets, is the thing I can't put up with from Miss Nugent; and Miss Broadhurst holding the pins to me, as much as to say, Do your business, Petito, and don't talk.
I feel now as if I wanted to get married more'n anything wotsumever. The shearing ull do proper the men know their job and Broadhurst ull see to the hay. They dursn't muck things up, knowing as I'll be home to see to it by July." "To say nothing of me," said Martin, pinching her ear. "To say nothing of you." "Joanna, you've got on the old hat ..." "I put it on special." "Bless you."
"I am bound to obey, but I am very sorry for it," said his lordship. "Are we to have any dancing to-night, I wonder?" said Lady Anne. "Miss Nugent, I am afraid we have made Miss Broadhurst talk so much, in spite of her hoarseness, that Lady Clonbrony will be quite angry with us. And here she comes, Lady Catherine."
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