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THE DUKE

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THE COUSIN.

CHAPTER I.

"Cease to lament for that thou canst not help,
And study help for that which thou lamentest.
Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.
Here if thou stay, thou canst not see thy love."

As Lady Florence St. John had mentioned, an immense party had been invited to greet the arrival of that illustrious statesman and general, the Duke of Strathhaven. There was too much éclat attendant on even a short visit from his Grace, for Lady Clairville to omit the

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