He endeavoured to excuse his errors by being your
companion; and to prove his virtues by being mine.'
'Treacherous Squib! I positively must call him out. Duke, bear him a
cartel.'
'The quarrel is ours, and must be decided here,' said Mrs. Dallington
Vere. 'I second Miss Dacre.'
'We are in the way of some good people here, I think,' said the Duke of
Burlington, who, though the most dignified, was the most considerate of
men; 'at least, here are a stray couple or two staring as if they wished
us to understand we prevented a set.'
'Let them stare,' said the Duke of St. James; 'we were made to be looked
at. 'Tis our vocation, Hal, and they are gifted with vision purposely to
behold us.'
'Your Grace,' said Miss Dacre, 'reminds me of my old friend, Prince
Rubarini, who told me one day that when he got up late he always gave
orders to have the sun put back a couple of hours.'
'And you, Miss Dacre, remind me of my old friend, the Duchess of Nevers,
who told me one day that in the course of her experience she had only
met one man who was her rival in repartee.'
'And that man,' asked Mrs.
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