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Chapter 6
TheLanningssurvivedonlyinthepersonoftwoveryoldbutlivelyMissLannings,wholivedcheerfullyandreminiscentlyamongfamilyportraitsandChippendale;theDagonetswereaconsiderableclan,alliedtothebestnamesinBaltimoreandPhiladelphia;butthevanderLuydens,whostoodaboveallofthem,hadfadedintoakindofsuper-terrestrialtwilight,fromwhichonlytwofiguresimpressivelyemerged;thoseofMr.andMrs.HenryvanderLuyden.Mrs.HenryvanderLuydenhadbeenLouisaDagonet,andhermotherhadbeenthegranddaughterofColonelduLac,ofanoldChannelIslandfamily,whohadfoughtunderCornwallisandhadsettledinMaryland,afterthewar,withhisbride,LadyAngelicaTrevenna,fifthdaughteroftheEarlofSt.Austrey.ThetiebetweentheDagonets,theduLacsofMaryland,andtheiraristocraticCornishkinsfolk,theTrevennas,hadalwaysremainedcloseandcordial.Mr.andMrs.vanderLuydenhadmorethanoncepaidlongvisitstothepresentheadofthehouseofTrevenna,theDukeofSt.Austrey,athiscountry-seatinCornwallandatSt.AustreyinGloucestershire;andhisGracehadfrequentlyannouncedhisintentionofsomedayreturningtheirvisit(withouttheDuchess,whofearedtheAtlantic).Mr.andMrs.vanderLuydendividedtheirtimebetweenTrevenna,theirplaceinMaryland,andSkuytercliff,thegreatestateontheHudsonwhichhadbeenoneofthecolonialgrantsoftheDutchgovernmenttothefamousfirstGovernor,andofwhichMr.vanderLuydenwasstill"Patroon
