It was in all respects better that the waters of the fountain should be allowed to irrigate mildly the whole Grendall family;--and so Miles went into the city.
The ball was opened by a quadrille in which Lord Buntingford, the eldest son of the Duchess, stood up with Marie.

Various arrangements had been made, and this among them.

We may say that it had been a part of the bargain.

Lord Buntingford had objected mildly, being a young man devoted to business, fond of his own order, rather shy, and not given to dancing.

But he had allowed his mother to prevail.