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Cramborne Wathin, with whom she was distantly connected; the wife of a potent serjeant-at- law fast mounting to the Bench and knighthood; the centre of a circle, and not strangely that, despite her deficiency in the arts and graces, for she had wealth and a cook, a husband proud of his wine-cellar, and the ambition to rule; all the rewards, together with the expectations, of the virtuous.
Considering her husband's plenitude of old legal anecdotes, and her own diligent perusal of the funny publications of the day, that she might be on the level of the wits and celebrities she entertained, Mrs. Cramborne Wathin had a right to expect the leading share in the conversation to which she was accustomed.
Cramborne Wathin across the table, merely to slip in a word, 'what is the name of this wonderful dog? 'His name is Leander, said Diana. 'Oh, Leander. I don't think I hear myself calling to a dog in a name of three syllables. Two at the most. No, so I call Hero! if I want him to come immediately, said Diana, and the gentlemen, to Mrs. Cramborne Wathin's astonishment, acclaimed it. Mr.
Cramborne Wathin across the table, merely to slip in a word, 'what is the name of this wonderful dog? 'His name is Leander, said Diana. 'Oh, Leander. I don't think I hear myself calling to a dog in a name of three syllables. Two at the most. No, so I call Hero! if I want him to come immediately, said Diana, and the gentlemen, to Mrs. Cramborne Wathin's astonishment, acclaimed it. Mr.
Warwick again. An allusion to Lord Dannisburgh's fit of illness in the House of Lords led to her saying that there was no doubt he had been fascinated, and that, in her opinion, Mrs. Warwick was a dangerous woman. Sir Cramborne knew something of Mr. Warwick; 'Poor man! she added. A lady present put a question concerning Mrs. Warwick's beauty.
Quintin Manx, the millionnaire, was an acquaintance of the new Judge and titled dignitary, Sir Cramborne Wathin, and she visited Lady Wathin, at whose table the report in the journals of the Nile-boat party was mentioned. Lady Wathin's table could dispense with witty women, and, for that matter, witty men. The intrusion of the spontaneous on the stereotyped would have clashed.
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