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Gaunt House

           

           MyLordGauntmarried,aseverypersonwhofrequentsthePeerageknows,theLadyBlancheThistlewood,adaughterofthenoblehouseofBareacres,beforementionedinthisveracioushistory.AwingofGauntHousewasassignedtothiscouple;fortheheadofthefamilychosetogovernit,andwhilehereignedtoreignsupreme;hissonandheir,however,livinglittleathome,disagreeingwithhiswife,andborrowinguponpost-obitssuchmoneysasherequiredbeyondtheverymoderatesumswhichhisfatherwasdisposedtoallowhim.TheMarquiskneweveryshillingofhisson’sdebts.Athislamenteddemise,hewasfoundhimselftobepossessorofmanyofhisheir’sbonds,purchasedfortheirbenefit,anddevisedbyhisLordshiptothechildrenofhisyoungerson.

           As,tomyLordGaunt’sdismay,andthechucklingdelightofhisnaturalenemyandfather,theLadyGaunthadnochildrentheLordGeorgeGauntwasdesiredtoreturnfromVienna,wherehewasengagedinwaltzinganddiplomacy,andtocontractamatrimonialalliancewiththeHonourableJoan,onlydaughterofJohnJohnes,FirstBaronHelvellyn,andheadofthefirmofJones,Brown,andRobinson,ofThreadneedleStreet,Bankers;fromwhichunionsprangseveralsonsanddaughters,whosedoingsdonotappertaintothisstory.

           Themarriageatfirstwasahappyandprosperousone.MyLordGeorgeGauntcouldnotonlyread,butwriteprettycorrectly.HespokeFrenchwithconsiderablefluency;andwasoneofthefinestwaltzersinEurope.

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