Dickens, C: All the Year Round, Vol. 40

Excerpt from All the Year Round, Vol. 40: A Weekly Journal; From January 26, 1878, to June 29, 1878, Including No. 478 to No. 500The dean and Canon Holdenough had been in consultation on the subject, and had agreed that they would eachj of them act as tho ugh the marquis had been like any other gentleman, and his wife like any other newly-married lady. They were both now connected with the family, and even bound to act on the presumption that there would be family friendship. The dean went on his errand first, and the dean was admitted into the marquis 's sitting room. This happened a day or two after the scene at Cross Hall. I don't know that I should have troubled you so soon, said the dean, had not your brother mar ried my daughter. The dean had thought over the matter carefully, making up his mind how far he would be courteous to the man, and where he would make a stand, if it were necessary that he should make a stand at all. And he had deter mined that he would ask after, the new Lady Brotherton, and speak of the child as Lord Popenjoy, the presumption being that a man is married when he says so himself, and that his child is legitimate when declared to be so. His present ao knowledgment would not bar any future proceedings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.