2/30 He discovered, denounced, and remedied a crying abuse in the administration of a public charity. He received (thanks once more to his wife) a member of the Royal family among the visitors at his country house in the autumn recess. These were his triumphs, and this his rate of progress on the way to the peerage, during the first year of his life as the husband of Lady Jane. There was a spot on Mr.Vanborough's past life as long as the woman lived whom he had disowned and deserted. It is due to Mr.Vanborough to admit that he broke her heart, with the strictest attention to propriety. |