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156 under your auspices will be occupied by elegant women," said the Hon. Mrs. Tresham. "I can answer for Lady Penrhyn," said Lady Anne. "Then I will contrive one stand more for her, and you, and your daughters; meantime, I trust, Lady Anne, you are busy for us?" "I confess, that deprived of my dear girls I find myself good for nothing; with them I could do some thing, though not much; for, having lately been employed with my pen, I have neglected my needle." "Come to us, dear Lady Anne, every morning; up to lunch-time we work very diligently; you are so near our house, that nothing can be more convenient; like myself, your eyes may not be au fait to every thing; but my girls shall pick out those things which will suit us both." Nothing could be more delightful than this arrangement—every morning Lady Anne joined the working party till two, after which she stepped home to write to her daughters, and, at least, four days out of six, she went again to dinner at the duke's, where she met pleasant people, and found good fare; in fact, she found invitations also; for the remainder of her time the mother-in-law of the rich Glentworth, and the sister of an earl, moreover, the mother of five lovely, and distinguished daughters, found herself no longer overlooked; and she began to calculate on the still superior figure she should cut, if, next season, she should be pointed out as the mother of the young and