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Updated: May 15, 2025

Sarah Hewel's adoration for Lady Mary dated from the days when she had been ferried over the Youle with her nurse, to play with Peter, in his chubby childhood. Peter had often been cross and always tyrannical, but it was so wonderful to find a playmate who was naughtier than herself, that Sarah had secretly admired Peter.

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture - Peter's Mother

"A very beautiful and self-possessed young woman, and Lady Tintern's niece, 'whom not to know argues yourself unknown," said Lady Mary, laughing outright. "John says people were actually mobbing her picture in the Academy; he could not get near it." "I mean," said Peter, almost sulkily, "that she's only old Colonel Hewel's daughter, whom we've known all our lives."

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture - Peter's Mother

"Oh, Sarah, will you cease chattering?" cried her mother. "I hope you have good news of your sons in South Africa, Mrs. Hewel," said the canon, briskly advancing to the rescue. Mrs. Hewel's voice changed. "Thank you, canon; they were all right when we heard last. Tom is in Natal, so I feel happier about him; but Willie, of course, is in the thick of it all and the news to-day isn't reassuring."

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture - Peter's Mother