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Gaunt House

           Withthesetalents,andhisinterestathome,therewaslittledoubtthathislordshipwouldrisetothehighestdignitiesinhisprofession.Thelady,hiswife,feltthatcourtswerehersphere,andherwealthenabledhertoreceivesplendidlyinthosecontinentaltownswhitherherhusband’sdiplomaticdutiesledhim.Therewastalkofappointinghimminister,andbetswerelaidattheTravellers’thathewouldbeambassadorerelong,whenofasudden,rumoursarrivedofthesecretary’sextraordinarybehaviour.Atagranddiplomaticdinnergivenbyhischief,hehadstartedupanddeclaredthatapatedefoiegraswaspoisoned.HewenttoaballatthehoteloftheBavarianenvoy,theCountdeSpringbock-Hohenlaufen,withhisheadshavedanddressedasaCapuchinfriar.Itwasnotamaskedball,assomefolkswantedtopersuadeyou.Itwassomethingqueer,peoplewhispered.Hisgrandfatherwasso.Itwasinthefamily.

           HiswifeandfamilyreturnedtothiscountryandtookuptheirabodeatGauntHouse.LordGeorgegaveuphispostontheEuropeancontinent,andwasgazettedtoBrazil.Butpeopleknewbetter;heneverreturnedfromthatBrazilexpeditionneverdiedthereneverlivedthereneverwasthereatall.Hewasnowhere;hewasgoneoutaltogether."Brazil,"saidonegossiptoanother,withagrin"BrazilisSt.John’sWood.RiodeJaneiroisacottagesurroundedbyfourwalls,andGeorgeGauntisaccreditedtoakeeper,whohasinvestedhimwiththeorderoftheStrait-Waistcoat.

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