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Sir Marmaduke, as he wrote the pernicious address, felt himself injured
in that he was compelled to write about his daughter to a man so
circumstanced. Stanbury, when he got the letter, read it hastily and
then threw it aside. He knew what it would contain before he opened it.
He had heard enough from Lady Rowley to be aware that Sir Marmaduke
would not welcome him as a son-in-law; Indeed, he had never expected
such welcome. He was half-ashamed of his own suit because of the
lowliness of his position, half-regretful that he should have induced
such a girl as Nora Rowley to give up for his sake her hopes of
magnificence and splendour. But Sir Marmaduke's letter did not add
anything to this feeling. He read it again, and smiled as he told
himself that the father would certainly be very weak in the hands of
his daughter. Then he went to work again at his article with a
persistent resolve that so small a trifle as such a note should have no
effect upon his daily work. 'Of course Sir Marmaduke would refuse his
consent.


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