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 "Oh! we 're not very early honoured with the presence of the Marquess of Carabas in his own house."

"Why, what do you mean?"

"Oh! I mean nothing, except that the future minister never rises till noon—bad habits, Mr. Grey, for a man of business!"

"Bad habits, indeed! we must endeavour to cure him, now that he's going, as you say, to be a man of business."

"Oh, certainly! cure him by all means. He 'U give you, I don't doubt, plenty of occupation. I advise you regularly to reform the whole house. Your influence is so great, that you can do any thing with the Marquess.  Well, I hope he'll behave better in future, for the Castle will be full in a few days. There are the Courtowns coming, and Sir Berdmore and Lady Scrope, and the Beaconsfields—all next week; and crowds of all sorts of people, whose names I forget, pawns in the great game