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Gerard Montagu;
"And your ' s is a noble ambition , I think . " "Mine ?" "Yes ; I think it is noble to strive to win back the old estates , which have been in your family for centuries , and which
have left you through no fault of your own . " " Do you ? " Gerard said , and the colour mounted his cheek with mingled pride and pleasure , as he looked at the sweet maiden walking by his side , and thought that for her sake it would be a worthy ambition to strive and to succeed .
" Mr . Beverley said you had some communication with a London lawyer about those estates ?" " Yes , I saw Mr . Grainger , and he seemed to think he could prove my claims ; but of course I had to authorise bim to
proceed , and equally of course there were preliminary expenses . I don ' t know what to think about it . I ran down to Ipswich whilst in town , and took a trap and drove over to see the place , saw the church and the old halland took an impression
, of one or two of the brasses of my ancestors , one of Queen Elizabeth ' s and one of Charles' 1 st rei gn ; he added . " "Is it a pretty place ?" "Very , for Suffolk ; but you know nothing to compare with Somersetshire .
The country about is undulating in some parts , but mostly very flat . The village of Montagu is much scattered , but the old church stands very well near the high road . The church yard is bounded on two sides by the park , aud the great avenue is
close to the old grey flint embattled tower , which looks very pretty seen through the vista of trees . The old hall was ori ginally built by my family about the 14 th century , though little remains of the original structure but the foundations I suspect . The
present edifice is decidedl y Tudor in character , and was erected in the early part of Queen Elizabeth ' s reign . " " Well , I hope you will be successful , " Muriel says , looking up in her frank winning way into his face . " You have my best wishes I am sure . "
" Thank you , Lady Muriel ; there is nothing I should prize hi gher than your good wishes , " Gerard replies earnestly . ^ 'Indeed you are too kind , " Muriel says quickly , and with woman ' s instinct changes
the subject , as if feeling she was getting on dangerous ground . Gerard had seeu a good deal of Lacl y Muriel the last few clays . We were so intimate with the Falconbridge household that , scarcely a clay passed but we were
either at their ' s , or they at ours . ( That ' s pure Suffolk , the last phrase I take it . ) AVhen we got home they must needs make a day of it , and we all went in to tea at the Crescentaud Falconbridge , to please
, the young people—my cousins were there—let off a lot of fireworks , and Gerard must needs pursuade Lady Muriel , who was fond of fun , and like all pretty maidens disposed to be a little flirt , to go outside to see them better . We left
early , and I persuaded Falconbridge to walk down with us and have a smoke , and Mildred having seen we were properly provided with the nicotian weed and the necessary pipes , left us to our fate . "Well , Mr . Montagu , " Falconbridge
said , " Beverley has been telling us about you being advertised for the other day in the papers . I hope something is likely to come of it . " " Thanks ; I don't know I ' m sure . I am beginning to disbelieve in old estates
and old families . " " Indeed ! rather hard I think in the face of facts ; but there is no doubt that the aristocracy of to-day are in too many cases the parvenus of yesterday , and the working man of the 19 th century boasts in some instances the blood of the
Plantagenets . " Do you think so ?" " Sure of it . Why isn ' t it Burke in his Vicissitudes of Families who tells us that there is living at this moment at Beaulieu , in Hants , a woodman who is a lineal descendant of one of the Plantagenet kings '
Is not the present representative of the great northern family of Conyers a postman or postmaster at Hexham , or somewhere thereabouts ? I knew an Irish Baronet myself , a pauper in a Hosp ital in the Northand his next heir was in
, the Irish Constabulary . Then look back at the history of many of our Aristocracy , One man ' s great grandfather was a grocer , became Lord Mayor of London , and go 6 made a Baronet . His son gets into Parliament and is made a Peer when a neff
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Gerard Montagu;
"And your ' s is a noble ambition , I think . " "Mine ?" "Yes ; I think it is noble to strive to win back the old estates , which have been in your family for centuries , and which
have left you through no fault of your own . " " Do you ? " Gerard said , and the colour mounted his cheek with mingled pride and pleasure , as he looked at the sweet maiden walking by his side , and thought that for her sake it would be a worthy ambition to strive and to succeed .
" Mr . Beverley said you had some communication with a London lawyer about those estates ?" " Yes , I saw Mr . Grainger , and he seemed to think he could prove my claims ; but of course I had to authorise bim to
proceed , and equally of course there were preliminary expenses . I don ' t know what to think about it . I ran down to Ipswich whilst in town , and took a trap and drove over to see the place , saw the church and the old halland took an impression
, of one or two of the brasses of my ancestors , one of Queen Elizabeth ' s and one of Charles' 1 st rei gn ; he added . " "Is it a pretty place ?" "Very , for Suffolk ; but you know nothing to compare with Somersetshire .
The country about is undulating in some parts , but mostly very flat . The village of Montagu is much scattered , but the old church stands very well near the high road . The church yard is bounded on two sides by the park , aud the great avenue is
close to the old grey flint embattled tower , which looks very pretty seen through the vista of trees . The old hall was ori ginally built by my family about the 14 th century , though little remains of the original structure but the foundations I suspect . The
present edifice is decidedl y Tudor in character , and was erected in the early part of Queen Elizabeth ' s reign . " " Well , I hope you will be successful , " Muriel says , looking up in her frank winning way into his face . " You have my best wishes I am sure . "
" Thank you , Lady Muriel ; there is nothing I should prize hi gher than your good wishes , " Gerard replies earnestly . ^ 'Indeed you are too kind , " Muriel says quickly , and with woman ' s instinct changes
the subject , as if feeling she was getting on dangerous ground . Gerard had seeu a good deal of Lacl y Muriel the last few clays . We were so intimate with the Falconbridge household that , scarcely a clay passed but we were
either at their ' s , or they at ours . ( That ' s pure Suffolk , the last phrase I take it . ) AVhen we got home they must needs make a day of it , and we all went in to tea at the Crescentaud Falconbridge , to please
, the young people—my cousins were there—let off a lot of fireworks , and Gerard must needs pursuade Lady Muriel , who was fond of fun , and like all pretty maidens disposed to be a little flirt , to go outside to see them better . We left
early , and I persuaded Falconbridge to walk down with us and have a smoke , and Mildred having seen we were properly provided with the nicotian weed and the necessary pipes , left us to our fate . "Well , Mr . Montagu , " Falconbridge
said , " Beverley has been telling us about you being advertised for the other day in the papers . I hope something is likely to come of it . " " Thanks ; I don't know I ' m sure . I am beginning to disbelieve in old estates
and old families . " " Indeed ! rather hard I think in the face of facts ; but there is no doubt that the aristocracy of to-day are in too many cases the parvenus of yesterday , and the working man of the 19 th century boasts in some instances the blood of the
Plantagenets . " Do you think so ?" " Sure of it . Why isn ' t it Burke in his Vicissitudes of Families who tells us that there is living at this moment at Beaulieu , in Hants , a woodman who is a lineal descendant of one of the Plantagenet kings '
Is not the present representative of the great northern family of Conyers a postman or postmaster at Hexham , or somewhere thereabouts ? I knew an Irish Baronet myself , a pauper in a Hosp ital in the Northand his next heir was in
, the Irish Constabulary . Then look back at the history of many of our Aristocracy , One man ' s great grandfather was a grocer , became Lord Mayor of London , and go 6 made a Baronet . His son gets into Parliament and is made a Peer when a neff