'MEUBLES' FOR LORD MARCH 129 



hour, eight, a fact ahnost too plebeian for record. 

 Nevertheless, 'good digestion' waited on appetite, 

 for Lord March adds a commercial footnote,^ after 

 appeasing the inner man. This shows a hankering 

 still for Parisian wear; he asks Selwyn to forward 

 a dozen pairs of silk stockings for the Zamparini — ' a 

 very small size,' says his lordship. Having provided 

 for the lady's nether extremities, he turns attention 

 to her head-gear, ' I should be glad to have some 

 riband, a cap, or something or other for her of that 

 sort.' But the confession he makes immediately 

 after, ' She is but fifteen,' will make many readers 

 start with indignation. His last reference to this 

 poor child would imply a strange condition of 

 affairs in Society of those days, for he requests 

 Selwyn to consult Lady Rochford in his selection 

 of the articles desired, ' who will choose somethinsr 

 that will be fit for her.' This communication ex- 

 plains or prepares for the two which follow.^ 



So little is to be found referring to her grace, 

 Catharine, Duchess of Queensberry, by her relative. 

 Lord March, that, when found, a note should be 

 made of it. Thus, in the following letter ^ to Selwyn, 

 a wish is expressed that his meubles, ordered in 



^ Appendix LI. ^ Appendices M 1 and N L 



^ Appendix L 



I 



