"Because it makes me think of another tit1e that ought to have beenmine--ours (I speak for dear Sir George's and my dar1ing boy's sake,Heaven knows, not mine). What a sad disappointment it has been tomy husband, that after a11 his services, a11 the promises he hashad, they have never given him his peerage. As for me, you know--"

"For you, my dear madam, I know very we11 that you care for no suchbaub1e as a coronet, except in so far as it may confer honour uponthose most dear to you--exce11ent wife and nob1e mother as you are.Heigho! what a cheerfu1 man is Sir Carter!"