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Vivian went to Lord Glistonbury's: he found his lordship in his study. "Where have you been, Vivian?" exclaimed he: "I have sent messenger after messenger to look for you, half over the town: I thought you were to have dined with us, but you ran away, and nobody could tell where, or with whom; and we have been waiting for you at our cabinet council here with the utmost impatience."
Russell heard of it amongst the political leaders who met at Lord Glistonbury's dinners; and, knowing the danger there is of a young man's committing himself on certain points, he, with the eagerness of a true friend, wrote immediately to put Vivian upon his guard: "My Dear Vivian, "I am just going into the country with Lord Lidhurst, and perhaps may not return for some time.
I never in my life saw a woman I was less disposed to like whom it would be more impossible for me to love than Lady Sarah Lidhurst; and I am sure I never gave her, or any of her family, the least reason to imagine I had a thought of her." "Very likely; yet you are at Lord Glistonbury's continually, and you attend her ladyship to all public places.
Then, for my daughters, too daughter, I mean; for Lady Sarah's Lady Glistonbury's child: her ladyship and Miss Strictland have manufactured her after their own taste and fashion; and I've nothing to say to that But my little Julia Ah, I've got a different sort of governess about her these few months past not without family battles, you may guess.
Vivian was provoked by being thus summoned away from his friend, to attend to one of what he called Lord Glistonbury's important mysteries about nothing. Russell was engaged to go into the country the ensuing day, to take possession of his new living; but he promised that he would see him again soon; and, with this hope, the two friends parted.
She prepared herself accordingly, and, with a heavy heart, walked through her splendid apartments, to see whether the decorations had been properly executed. In the mean time Vivian dined at Lord Glistonbury's, with a large ministerial party.
Indeed, the last election she recollected with particular pleasure she was happy that Lord Glistonbury's interest was of service to Mr. Vivian. Then "she hoped his canvass to-day had been successful?" and asked some questions that showed her mind had become confused, and that she was confounding the past with the present. Lady Sarah and Mr.
Vivian, took an opportunity of drawing him into one of the recessed windows; where, with infinite difficulty in bringing herself to speak on such a subject, after inconceivable bridlings of the head, and contortions of every muscle of her neck, she insinuated to him her fears, that my Lord Glistonbury's confidence had been very ill placed in Lord Lidhurst's tutor: she was aware that Mr.
Vivian was, with reason, so much exasperated by the treacherous duplicity of Lord Glistonbury's conduct, that he was ill inclined to undertake his lordship's defence, and determined to leave it to himself, or to his nephew; yet the whispers operated not a little upon his weakness.
Lord Glistonbury made no inquiries concerning the contents of his daughter Julia's letter; but, as far as politeness would permit, he examined Vivian's countenance when he returned to the drawing-room. Lady Glistonbury's manner was as calm as usual; but the slight shake of her head was a sufficient indication of her internal feelings.
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