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The Ironmaster

           LapsingthenoutofdateandbeingconsideredtoboremankindbyhervocalperformancesintheSpanishlanguage,sheretiredtoBath,whereshelivesslenderlyonanannualpresentfromSirLeicesterandwhenceshemakesoccasionalresurrectionsinthecountryhousesofhercousins.ShehasanextensiveacquaintanceatBathamongappallingoldgentlemenwiththinlegsandnankeentrousers,andisofhighstandinginthatdrearycity.Butsheisalittledreadedelsewhereinconsequenceofanindiscreetprofusioninthearticleofrougeandpersistencyinanobsoletepearlnecklacelikearosaryoflittlebird’s-eggs.Inanycountryinawholesomestate,Volumniawouldbeaclearcaseforthepensionlist.Effortshavebeenmadetogetheronit,andwhenWilliamBuffycamein,itwasfullyexpectedthathernamewouldbeputdownforacoupleofhundredayear.ButWilliamBuffysomehowdiscovered,contrarytoallexpectation,thatthesewerenotthetimeswhenitcouldbedone,andthiswasthefirstclearindicationSirLeicesterDedlockhadconveyedtohimthatthecountrywasgoingtopieces.ThereislikewisetheHonourableBobStables,whocanmakewarmmasheswiththeskillofaveterinarysurgeonandisabettershotthanmostgamekeepers.Hehasbeenforsometimeparticularlydesiroustoservehiscountryinapostofgoodemoluments,unaccompaniedbyanytroubleorresponsibility.

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