Mrs. Evelyn had so far consented that the change need not be made for
at least a year. Her dower house was let, and she would remain as
mistress of Fordham till the term was over, by which time the young
Lady Fordham might have risen to her position, and her Lord be less
unwilling to face his new cares.
"And they will be always wanting me to take the chair," said he, in a
deplorable voice that made the others laugh in spite of themselves;
and he was so grateful to his mother for staying in his house, and
letting him remain in his regiment, that he seemed to have quite
forgotten that the power was in his own hands.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE TRUST FULFILLED.
You know, my father left me some prescriptions
Of rare and prov'd effects, such as his reading,
And manifest experience, had collected
For general sovereignty; and that he will'd me
In heedfullest reservation to bestow them,
As notes, whose faculties inclusive were,
More than they were in note.
All's Well that Ends Well.
Another year had come and gone, with its various changes, and the
mother of the Collingwood Street household felt each day that the
short life of Marmaduke Viscount Fordham had not been an unimportant
one to her children.
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