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He will never marry, but he can cut Robert off with almost the bare title if he displeases him." "Yes," I said. "Torquilstone's mother was one of the housemaids. The old duke married her before he was twenty-one, and she, fortunately, joined her beery ancestors a year or so afterwards; and then much later he married Robert's mother, Lady Etheldrida Fitz Walter.
"Sophia Merrenden writes this morning, and among other things tells me of her nephew, Lord Robert Vavasour you know, Torquilstone's half-brother. "Damned kind of her!" growled Mr. Montgomerie. I hope they did not notice, but I had suddenly such a thrill of pleasure that I am sure my cheeks got red. I felt frightfully excited to hear what was going to happen.
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