The things we do!

But she never rallied, or, we believe, spoke,
after the first fatal seizure, and sank at eleven o'clock last evening,
The deceased, Louisa Joanna Gaunt, widow of Frederic, first Earl of Kew,
was daughter of Charles, Earl of Gaunt, and sister of the late and aunt
of the present Marquis of Steyne. The present Earl of Kew is her
ladyship's grandson, his lordship's father, Lord Walham, having died
before his own father, the first earl. Many noble families are placed in
mourning by this sad event. Society has to deplore the death of a lady
who has been its ornament for more than half a century, and who was
known, we may say, throughout Europe for her remarkable sense,
extraordinary memory, and brilliant wit.'"


CHAPTER LV
Barnes's Skeleton Closet

The demise of Lady Kew of course put a stop for a while to the
matrimonial projects so interesting to the house of Newcome. Hymen blew
his torch out, put it into the cupboard for use on a future day, and
exchanged his garish saffron-coloured robe for decent temporary mourning.


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