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           AmanwhodidnotknowthattheCountessNaronahadborrowedmoneyatHomburgofnolessapersonthanLordMontbarry,andhadthendeludedhimintomakingheraproposalofmarriage,wasamanwhohadprobablyneverheardofLordMontbarryhimself.Theyoungermembersoftheclub,humouringthejoke,sentawaiterforthe’Peerage’;andreadaloudthememoirofthenoblemaninquestion,fortheDoctor’sbenefit—withillustrativemorselsofinformationinterpolatedbythemselves.

           ’HerbertJohnWestwick.FirstBaronMontbarry,ofMontbarry,King’sCounty,Ireland.CreatedaPeerfordistinguishedmilitaryservicesinIndia.Born,1812.Forty-eightyearsold,Doctor,atthepresenttime.Notmarried.Willbemarriednextweek,Doctor,tothedelightfulcreaturewehavebeentalkingabout.Heirpresumptive,hislordship’snextbrother,StephenRobert,marriedtoElla,youngestdaughteroftheReverendSilasMarden,RectorofRunnigate,andhasissue,threedaughters.Youngerbrothersofhislordship,FrancisandHenry,unmarried.Sistersofhislordship,LadyBarville,marriedtoSirTheodoreBarville,Bart.;andAnne,widowofthelatePeterNorbury,Esq.,ofNorburyCross.Bearhislordship’srelationswellinmind,Doctor.ThreebrothersWestwick,Stephen,Francis,andHenry;andtwosisters,LadyBarvilleandMrs.Norbury.Notoneofthefivewillbepresentatthemarriage;andnotoneofthefivewillleaveastoneunturnedtostopit,iftheCountesswillonlygivethemachance.