Was he to repeat that blessing upon the child?
Many times did Lord Bereford dwell upon this subject.

His was a nature endowed with lasting qualities, true sympathy was the key note to his heart.

He loved Lady Rosamond with devout, tender solicitude as his only daughter, and her happiness was his.

If the love that Gerald Bereford bore towards his niece was not entirely reciprocated, and at the great sacrifice, would the true-hearted nobleman have urged upon Sir Thomas the error of his conduct?
Such liberalism upon his part provoked the resentment of Lady Bereford, who could not brook any interference with the strictly defined principles of conservatism so long entailed upon every branch of her family.

Sir Thomas Seymour was a staunch worshipper of his sister-in-law's doctrine.