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Updated: September 26, 2025
He knew perfectly well, because he had consented to it, that his house had only been 'used' for Roxmouth's purposes, and that he, personally, was of no more consideration to a man like the future Duke of Ormistoune than a landlord for the time being, whose little reckoning for entertainment would in due course be settled in some polite and ceremonious fashion.
However, you may take heart of grace, as it is not likely she will stay there long. Rumour asserts that she is shortly to be married to Lord Roxmouth, he who will be Duke of Ormistoune and owner of that splendid but half-ruined pile, Roxmouth Castle.
Though that doesn't matter old maids are often the happiest women. Anyhow, I'd rather be an old maid than Duchess of Ormistoune." She dabbed her eyes with the little handkerchief again, and went slowly out of the church. And as she stepped from the shadow of its portal into the sunshiny open air, she came face to face with John Walden.
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