The things we do!

A., painted her portrait, as a souvenir for mamma when Miss Newcome
should be Miss Newcome no more; and Lady Kew made a will leaving all she
could leave to her beloved granddaughter, Ethel, daughter of the late Sir
Brian Newcome, Baronet; and Lord Kew wrote an affectionate letter to his
cousin, congratulating her, and wishing her happiness with all his heart;
and I was glancing over The Times newspaper at breakfast one morning;
when I laid it down with an exclamation which caused my wife to start
with surprise.
"What is it?" cries Laura, and I read as follows:--
"'Death of the Countess Dowager of Kew.--We regret to have to announce
the awfully sudden death of this venerable lady. Her ladyship, who had
been at several parties of the nobility the night before last, seemingly
in perfect health, was seized with a fit as she was waiting for her
carriage, and about to quit Lady Pallgrave's assembly. Immediate medical
assistance was procured, and her ladyship was carried to her own house,
in Queen Street, Mayfair.


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