Garnet; 'general
appearance as at present? Your Grace is aware that we may run up some
thousands even in this set?'
'I give you no limit.'
'But the time,' rejoined Mr. Garnet. 'They must be ready for her
Ladyship's party. We shall be hard pressed. I am afraid of the time.'
'Cannot the men work all night? Pay them anything.'
'It shall be done, your Grace. Your Grace may command me in anything.'
'This is a secret between us, Garnet. Your partners------'
'Shall know nothing. And as for myself, I am as close as an emerald in a
seal-ring.'
CHAPTER XIV.
_Close of the Season_
HUSSEIN PACHA, 'the favourite,' not only of the Marquess of Mash, but of
Tattersall's, unaccountably sickened and died. His noble master, full of
chagrin took to his bed, and followed his steed's example. The death
of the Marquess caused a vacancy in the stewardship of the approaching
Doncaster. Sir Lucius Grafton was the other steward, and he proposed to
the Duke of St. James, as he was a Yorkshireman, to become his
colleague. His Grace, who wished to pay a compliment to his county,
closed with the proposition.
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