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understand, as he speaks French very unin- 

 telligibly. It was certainly curious that their 

 next meeting should have taken place unex- 

 pectedly, at my mother's house. After they 

 were gone, I read Comus while waiting for my 

 husband, who at last brought the news of the 

 division ; 33 majority on the side of the oppo- 

 sition. The Irish Appropriation Question is one 

 of great interest as far as I can understand it. 

 I confess I admire and respect Lord Stanley's 

 conscientious opinion on the subject.' 



From 1861 until her death in 1891, my 

 mother lived in Great Cumberland Place. Be- 

 tween her and my eldest brother there existed a 

 strong bond of affection and sympathy, and often 

 by some strange instinct she had a conviction 

 that he was ill, before the actual tidings reached 

 her. 



