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"He was a Canadian friend of your cousin Mary's wanting her address." "What! come over from Canada on purpose?" "It almost seemed like it, though that could not be, I suppose, for here is his address 'Maurice Leigh Beresford, Hunsdon, Norfolk." "Beresford?" said the widow, "Why the Beresfords of Hunsdon are great people very grand people, indeed. I used to know something of them."
Lady Hunsdon expatiated upon the beauty of Nevis, long familiar to her through his works, vowed that she had come to the island only to see for herself how much he had exaggerated, but was quite vanquished and speechless. Not to have met her son's most valued friend would have blurred and flawed the wonderful experience.
"Nay, then," said Hunsdon, "I will be glad of your lordship's company."
Nunn rose with vast ceremony and presented her niece to these two august dames, and as Anne courtesied, Lady Hunsdon said, smiling, but with a penetrating glance at the newcomer: "My son tells me that he has acquainted you with our little plan to reform the poet " "Our?" interrupted Lady Constance. "None of mine. I sit and look on as at any other doubtful experiment.
We must have him here often, not lose a day of this precious time. Then we can leave Nevis without anxiety, or perhaps induce him to go with us." She reflected that were she mistress of Hunsdon Towers she should be quite willing to give the famous poet a turret and pass as his mundane redeemer. Hunsdon moved toward her as if her enthusiasm were a magnet.
Now that I am not quite miserable, I should like to be quite happy." Lucia could not help laughing, though she did so a little nervously. "Don't be unreasonable," she said. "But I am. I must needs put it to the touch again. Lucia, you know what I want to say; can't you forget the past, and come home to Hunsdon and be my wife?"
She had already, with that self-command which forms so necessary a part of a sovereign's accomplishments, supprest every appearance of agitation, and seemed as if she desired to banish all traces of her burst of passion from the recollection of those who had witnessed it. "My Lord of Hunsdon says well," she observed: "he is indeed but a rough nurse for so tender a babe."...
One morning, about six weeks after his arrival at Hunsdon, there arrived for Maurice two Canadian letters and a newspaper; the letters from his father and Mrs. Costello, the newspaper addressed by Harry Scott. Maurice dutifully opened Mr.
Leicester's jealous and overbearing temper itself was also proving a formidable obstacle to a wholesome system of defence. He was already displeased with the amount of authority entrusted to Lord Hunsdon, disposed to think his own rights invaded; and desirous that the Lord Chamberlain should accept office under himself. He wished saving clauses as to his own authority inserted in Hunsdon's patent.
On the 10th of February, fifteen large vessels cast anchor at Flushing. The Duke of Anjou, attended by the Earl of Leicester, the Lords Hunsdon, Willoughby, Sheffield, Howard, Sir Philip Sidney, and many other personages of high rank and reputation, landed from this fleet.
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