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170 Lord Marchmont saved her the trouble. "I quite forgot to see you this morning before I went out. Let me tell you now, while I think of it, that I gave the porter a list, this morning, of every one of our acquaintance who had the least leaning to the other side, that, in future, they might not obtain admittance;" so saying, he gave his wife also a list of names. "I copied them out for you, that you might avoid them in public." "Why," exclaimed Henrietta, "you have included all the pleasantest people that we know; many, too, of your oldest acquaintances." "I cannot," said his lordship, with a solemn air, "allow my own feelings to interfere with my duty to my country: but I know that you do not understand these things. You must," said he, pausing on the threshold of the door, "be content to obey." "Obey!" muttered Henrietta, with a scornful sneer, as she sank back on the sofa. Still she felt too sad for scorn long to be the