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monosyllable, aye or no, were by no manner of means to be those 
of the jewel herself. Lady Elizabeth could not yet boast of being 
quite thirteen when she found herself legally and irrevocably 
betrothed, with all she possessed, to Henry Earl of Ogle, heir 
apparent to the Duke of Newcastle. This was about the latter end 
of the year 1679. Lord Ogle died in November following, 1680. 
The juvenile widow was again at the disposal of the old Countess, 
who seems to have lost not a moment in securing for her one of 
the wealthiest in the land. The Duke of Monmouth interested 
himself for Mr. Thynne, and to Mr. Thynne she was betrothed, 
being not yet fifteen. 
Something seems to have occurred at this period (what it was 
will perhaps never now be known) to set her mind against this new 
marriage. Whether, as some said, she had been deceived by her 
grandmother and a coadjutor of her’s, one Colonel Brett, or whether 
her own feelings had never been properly consulted ; whatever the 
real cause was, it is admitted that after the ceremony of marriage 
she obtained consent to spend a year abroad with the Lady Temple, 
wife of the celebrated Sir William, Ambassador to Holland; and that 
her sudden departure became the talk of the town. There is reason 
to believe that proceedings were set on foot by her for dissolving 
the marriage. Another version of the story is that she had already 
seen some one whom she really preferred to either of the two to 
whom she had given her hand. One certainly there was, who, 
whatever ground he had on which to build it, did at this time con- 
ceive the hope of calling her his own. This was Charles John, 
Count Konigsmark, the head of an old and noble Swedish family, 
whose name was in those days one of renown in Europe. The 
Count was only eight years older than the Lady Percy: but he had 
already distinguished himself with the fearless valour of his family, 
both by sea and land, and was a person of great accomplishment, 
dexterity in exercises, and address. He came to the Court of 
England with the highest personal introduction, took up his resi- 
dence in London, and lived in great style. It is believed that he 
followed the Lady Perey to the continent, and that he there came 
