MRS. GREVILLE.

CHAPTER I.

"She thought upon the subject twice or thrice
And morally decided, the best state is

For morals, marriage; and this question carried,
She seriously advised him to get married."

BYRON.

"The first sure symptom of a mind in health,
Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home."
YOUNG.

THE Duchess of Montserrat sat in her boudoir, and her son-the elegant, idle, extravagant Lord Plantagenet Fitz-Henry, the terror of Belgravian mothers and the delight of their daughters-was extended full length on the blue silk sofa, alternately teasing and petting a beautiful King Charles' spaniel that now snarled in anger, now barked in delight.

VOL. II

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