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, as De Brooke supposed, made his father acquainted with his marriage, the motives which had induced him to confine his Angelina within the narrow limits of obscurity now no longer existing, determined him to exchange his lodgings at Kennington for more sumptuous and commodious apartments in the vicinity of Hyde Park, or St. James's. He furnished his house in a style the most fashionable and costly; and made the purchase of an elegant equipage, with all its necessary appendages. His horses were of the finest breed; and in proportion to this expensive establishment, servants were hired accordingly. Profusely generous as was De Brooke, no draught upon his purse, however great, was deemed ill-bestowed, in aught wherein his Angelina was concerned. Notwithstanding which, the utmost of her taste and wishes