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On the day appointed for Madam Esmond's entertainment to the General, the house of Castlewood was set out with the greatest splendour; and Madam Esmond arrayed herself in a much more magnificent dress than she was accustomed to wear.

Indeed, she wished to do every honour to her guest, and to make the entertainment--which, in reality, was a sad one to her--as pleasant as might be for her company.

The General's new aide-de-camp was the first to arrive.

The widow received him in the covered gallery before the house.