Marriage

a God; by use turned to an humour; b

er and

ce to his summons, she entered his study; "come hither, I say; I wish to have some s

a; and, taking Cupid in her arms, assured his Lordship he need fear no disturbance from the sweet cr

een, Juliana," said his Lords

half,

g of establishing yourself in the world. Ha

own her beautiful e

with ill-suppressed importance, as he proceeded, "you have pe

ly interrupted Lady Juliana; "a mere

s, and-and-But hark ye, child, I'll suffer no daughter of mine to play the fool with her heart, indeed! She shall marry for the purpose for which matrimony was ordained amongst people of birth-that is, for the aggrandisement of her fami

done, Cupid!" addressing her favourite, who was amusing himself in pulling and

ot, indeed." And as this victory over his daughter put him in unusu

eart of yours inform you who it is y

ut she saw the necessity of dissimulation; and after naming such of her admirers as were most indiffer

of L--?" asked the Earl in a voice of

horror and surprise; "surely, papa, you cannot be serious?

interrupted the enraged Earl, "he should be your hu

while her father traversed the apartme

dy but that odious Du

li

ance; and, when this is accomplished, my utmost ambition will be satisfied. So no more whining-the affair is settled; and all that remains for you to do is to study to make yourself agreeable to his Gra

plendid joys that awaited her in a union with a nobleman of the Duke's rank and fortune; till at length, dazzled, if not convinced, she declared herself "satisfied that it was her duty to mar

ve was now entirely confined to the canaille; that it was very well for ploughmen and dairymaids to

ious vision that floated in her brain stifled for a while the pleadings of her heart; and wi

she received as a future Duchess; she was delighted with the éclat that attended

don't you think so? And, do you know, I don't think him so very-very ugly. When we are married I mean to make him get a Brutus, cork his eyebrows, and have a set of teeth." But just t

rness the froward petulance of childhood, fostered and strengthened by indulgence and submission, had gradually ripened into that selfishness and caprice which now, in youth, formed the prominent features of her character. The Earl was too much engrossed by affairs of importance to pay much attention to anything so

lope with him to Scotland. There, at the altar of Vulcan, the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Courtland gave her hand to her handsome but penniless lover; and there vowed to immolate every ambitious desire, every sentiment of vanity and high-born pride. Yet a sigh arose as she looked on the filthy hut, sooty priest, and ragged witnesses; and thought of the special lic

utter very silly things; while the fond bride, on her part, discovered that though her "adored Henry's" figure wa

led on a sofa: "he had so many pretty tricks, he would have helped to amuse us, and make th

ng," replied her husband, yawni

attempt to soften papa, and

all my

done?" asked her Ladyship, with a sigh. "You

erve any purpose, you may

over; and, by the same post, Douglas saw himself su

clare nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland: the people were so frank and gay, and the manners so easy and engaging-oh! it was delightful! And then Lady Jane G. and Lady Mary L., and a thousand other lords and ladies she knew, were all so charmed with the country, and all so sorry

ordial invitation from the old Laird to spe

the bleak hills of Scotland. They stopped for a short time at Edinburgh, to provide themselves with a carriage, and some other necessaries. There, too, she fortunately met with an English A