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Chapter 11

           "Charlotte,allowme—myfriends,PrinceLucioRimânez—MrGeoffreyTempest;gentlemen,mysister-in-law,MissCharlotteFitzroy."

           Webowed;theladygaveusadignifiedbendofthehead.Shewasanimposinglookingspinster,withacuriousexpressiononherfeatureswhichwasdifficulttoconstrue.Itwaspiousandprim,butitalsosuggestedtheideathatshemusthaveseensomethingexcessivelyimproperonceinherlifeandhadneverbeenabletoforgetit.Thepursed-upmouth,theroundpale-colouredeyesandthechronicairofinsultedvirtuewhichseemedtopervadeherfromheadtofootallhelpedtodeepenthisimpression.OnecouldnotlookatMissCharlottelongwithoutbeginningtowonderirreverentlywhatitwasthathadinherlongpastyouthsooutragedthecleanlyproprietiesofhernatureastoleavesuchindelibletracesonhercountenance.ButIhavesinceseenmanyEnglishwomenlookso,especiallyamongtheparticularly‘highbred,’oldandplain-featuredofthe"upperten."Verydifferentwasthesaucyandbrightphysiognomyoftheyoungerladytowhomwewerenextpresented,andwho,raisingherselflanguidlyfromherrecliningposition,smiledatuswithencouragingfamiliarityaswemadeoursalutations.

           "MissDianaChesney,"—saidtheEarlglibly—"Youperhapsknowherfather,prince—youmusthaveheardofhimatanyrate—thefamousNicodemusChesney,oneofthegreatrailway-kings."

           "OfcourseIknowhim"—respondedLuciowarmly—"Whodoesnot!Ihavemethimoften.

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