I
went to school with his lordship's daughters by his first marriage. We
occasionally meet at the Sacred Concerts (on the 'Ladies' Committee');
I shall find an opportunity of speaking to them. One moment, Mr.
Jenkinson, I will write down the names before you put away the book.
'Launcelot Linzie,' 'Natalie Graybrooke.' Very pretty names; quite
romantic. I do delight in a romance. Good-morning."
She gives the curate a parting smile, and the clerk a parting nod, and
sails out of the vestry. Natalie, silently returning in Lady Winwood's
company to Muswell Hill; and Launce, cursing the law of Abduction as he
roams the streets--little think that the ground is already mined under
their feet. Richard Turlington may hear of it now, or may hear of
it later. The discovery of the marriage depends entirely on a chance
meeting between the lord's daughters and the rector's wife.
SEVENTH SCENE.
The Evening Party.
---------------------------------------------------- MR. TURLINGTON,
LADY WINWOOD At Home.
Wednesday, December 15th.
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