Lady Rosamond Seymour and Mr.James Douglas will make amende honourable for past delinquencies, not forgetting Mr.Howe.Will add that the last clause be conditional." A general flow of conversation follows as the dinner progressed.

Harmony prevailed throughout while humour and wit were salient points in many topics.

The most remarkable feature, perhaps, was the absence of anything that could not be received by the most fastidious.

All practical jokes or questionable remarks were discountenanced by the family of Sir Howard Douglas.
One of the members laying claim to your attention is the Lady Rosamond Seymour, a distant cousin to Lady Douglas, descended from that distinguished family of Seymours so conspicuous in the Tudor Period.
Lady Rosamond was a character of rare distinction.

Her Father, Sir Thomas Seymour, an English Admiral, a man brave, honourable, respected and admired.