Book 4, Chapter 5

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌⁠In Which Lady Bellair Gives Some Account of Some of Her Friends.

Lady Bellair really loved Henrietta Temple. She was her prime and her permanent favourite, and she was always lamenting that Henrietta would not come and stay with her in London, and marry a duke. Lady Bellair was a great matchmaker. When, therefore, she was welcomed by the fair mistress of Ducie Bower, Lady Bellair was as genuine as