But I know he is a good
deal cut up, though he says nothing; and he agreed willingly enough to
take a little journey, Arthur, and be out of the way when this business
takes place. We shall go to Paris: I don't know where else besides. These
misfortunes do good in one way, hard as they are to bear: they unite
people who love each other. It seems to me my boy has been nearer to me,
and likes his old father better than he has done of late." And very soon
after this talk our friends departed.
The Crimean minister having been recalled, and Lady Anne Newcome's house
in park Lane being vacant, her ladyship and her family came to occupy the
mansion for this eventful season, and sate once more in the dismal
dining-room under the picture of the defunct Sir Brian. A little of the
splendour and hospitality of old days was revived in the house:
entertainments were given by Lady Anne: and amongst other festivities a
fine ball took place, when pretty Miss Alice, Miss Ethel's younger
sister, made her first appearance in the world, to which she was
afterwards to be presented by the Marchioness of Farintosh.
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