"Because it makes me think of another title that ought to have beenmine--ours (I speak for dear Sir George's and my darling boy's sake,Heaven knows, not mine). What a sad disappointment it has been tomy husband, that after all his services, all the promises he hashad, they have never given him his peerage. As for me, you know--"

"For you, my dear madam, I know very well that you care for no suchbauble as a coronet, except in so far as it may confer honour uponthose most dear to you--excellent wife and noble mother as you are.Heigho! what a happy man is Sir Carter!"