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HIS GRACE. 77 cations here, which his Grace tells you are discharg ing admirably.” I said I was very glad to hear I had: so far given satisfaction, and I did not think it my duty to say any- thing about the Reverend George Burgess M. A. “But isn’t it rather difficult to find an excellent husband for a dowerless young woman, however pretty and clever she may be?” I inquired. Lady Charles shook her head. ‘“ Not half so diffi- cult as you suppose,” she replied; “not half so diffi- cult as it is to find a suitable wife for a young man of the highest station, who has every bodily and mental advantage. You see, Mr. Martyn, it is essential that the Duke of Hurstbourne should marry a girl of high rank, and it is also most desirable that he should marry an heiress. The unlucky thing is that I can’t at the present moment lay my finger upon a single lady of high rank who has a fortune of her own or is even likely to inherit one, and you may imagine how anxious this makes me; for I need scarcely tell you that his Grace has been run after in the most open and bare- faced manner ever since he succeeded to the title.” I suggested that, under those distressing circum- stances, it might be well toaccepta compromise, Per- haps rank without wealth or wealth without rank might be put up with. She shrugged her shoulders. ‘“ Well, if it comes to that, I am afraid we shall have to pocket our pride and take the money,” she replied. “His Grace was most unfortunate at Newmarket—I daresay he has told you _about it—and he has had other heavy losses and un- avoidable expenses. Oh, yes; there is no doubt that money is more necessary for us than rank. To be Eomichbooks (Eo) m