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The marriage was not to take place for a time; for Ned was still young, and the countess thought it had best be delayed. She was now receiving a regular income from her estates; for it had been a time of comparative peace in Holland, and that country was increasing fast in wealth and prosperity.
Then there was a long silence, then a suppressed titter, and after that a loud laugh. "Oh, mamma, what shall we do?" said Lady Amelia. "Do!" said Margaretta; "why should we do anything? She has heard the truth for once in her life." "Dear Lady Dumbello, what will you think of us?" said the countess, turning round to another guest, who was also just about to depart.
Her hair, dressed a la Sevigne, gave her a look of elegance; a necklace of pearls lay on her bosom like bubbles on snow. "What is the matter, monsieur?" said the Countess, putting out her foot from below her skirt to rest it on a velvet cushion. "I thought, I hoped, I was quite forgotten."
We three went to the theatre and lunch and so forth a few times; and when I left for Paris she turned up on the way: that's when you met her. Couple of days later, Sneyd came over, and he and the Countess introduced me to dear ole friend Pedlow. So you see, I don't rightly even know who any of 'em really are: just took 'em for granted, as it were.
"A thousand thanks for procuring me such good fortune," replied the countess, advancing toward the artist. "My dear friend," said Florestan, "the Countess Zomaloff wishes to express to you all her admiration for your work." "Not my admiration only, but my gratitude also," rejoined the young woman graciously.
"When she has clinkit hersell down that way, and faulded her arms, she winna speak a word, they say, for weeks thegither. And besides, to my thinking, her face is sair changed since we cam in. However, I'se try her ance mair to satisfy your honour. So ye canna keep in mind, cummer, that your auld mistress, the Countess Joscelin, has been removed?"
The object of the countess was to persuade him to renounce his bride. Louise replied to the natural inquiry 'Upon what plea? with a significant evasiveness. She put her arms round Cecilia's neck: 'I trust you are not unhappy. You will get no release from him. 'I am not unhappy, said Cecilia, musically clear to convince her friend.
'From what I can see, remarked Lady Jocelyn, 'Harry will be lost to his species unless some one quickly relieves him. He's already half eaten up by the Conley girls. Countess, isn't it your duty to rescue him? The Countess bowed, and murmured to Sir John: 'A dismissal! 'I fear my fascinations, Lady Jocelyn, may not compete with those fresh young persons. 'Ha! ha!
The Earl of Castlemere, with his beautiful Countess leaning lovingly on his arm, are pacing leisurely up and down among the assembled guests, exchanging here and there words of courteous pleasantry.
But, for Hymen's sake, who is that Madame Simonetti? I trust, not that old painted, gaming, debauched Countess from Milan, whom I saw at the fair of Reggio! I surprise myself with being able to write two pages of pure English; I do nothing but deal in broken French. The two nations are crossing over and figuring-in.
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