A Struggle for a Ring — page 104: what you’re looking at

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100. SISTER AND WIFE CONTRASTED. Lord Carsdale was struck again; they were children of one mother, Linda and himself; she was to marry a duke, and he had married the daughter of a dancing-master. **Of course,” said the countess, with proud humility, ‘‘T know that the duke is a grand gar#. I should like him to come while you are at home, Vivian; and we must have everything very nice for him.” : ‘‘Yes,” agreed Vivian, adding to himself: ‘‘ This would be the worst time in the world to tell my mother the truth ; even the duke might be frightened away if he knew about the dancing-master. I must wait.” And wait he did. CHAPTER XIV. SISTER AND WIFE CONTRASTED. The ‘‘little affair” of the duke was most adroitly man- aged. Lord Carsdale wrote to him, saying that he had a few weeks at Roseneath before joining his regiment, and how much he should enjoy seeing him. The duke’s reply was such as filled Lady Waldrove’s heart with pleasure, and Lady Linda’s with hope. The Duke of Claverdon was a prize worth securing; his rent-roll was enormous; coal mines had been found on one of his estates. Clavetdon Manor was one of the finest estates in England; besides which the duke was the happy possessor of a charming seat in Kent, a valuable estate in North Wales, a beaptiful sea-side residence in the Isle of Wight. The Claverdon stables held some of the finest hunters in England, the Claverdon jewels were famous, so (e(0) (ele) nicbooks