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308 for use, the vest was still in high preservation, and well became the wearer, whom Georgiana thought she could never admire enough. Mrs. Margaret did not wear any ancient costume; but she was well-dressed, as became her person and her years, and formed, with Mrs. Palmer, a not unpleasing variety to the five fair sisters. Of these, we have only to say, that Lady Allerton's presence being indispensable, in the eyes of both Helen and Georgiana, they had waited until she had presented her lord with an heir, and could "grace their solemnities" with her presence. Mrs. Penrhyn and she were the finest women present, as blondes; but Mrs. Glentworth was allowed, in grace, and form, and intelligence of countenance, to surpass all others, to the evident satisfaction of him who was now their only uncle, Count Riccardini, who called her his own dear Margarita, and seemed almost to believe she was the daughter he had lost. The two fair brides were, of course, the observed and admired of all; and it would have been indeed difficult to find "two fairer roses, growing on one stem," or two such brothers, to pair with them, as Frederic and Arthur; for the latter, after so long a rest from the changing climates and toils of his profession,