6/19 When he should come to account for himself and his actions to his old friend, Sir Marmaduke, he felt that he would be able to show that he had been, in all respects, true to friendship. Sir Marmaduke had unfortunately given his daughter to a jealous, disagreeable fellow, and the fault all lay in that. As for Hugh Stanbury,--he would simply despise Hugh Stanbury, and have done with it. Eaves-droppers seldom do hear more than that. A porter had already told him who was Hugh Stanbury,--that he was Mr.Hugh Stanbury, and that his aunt lived at Exeter. |