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Before the Longestaffes left London to receive their new friends the Melestaffe, the father, and Georgiana, the strong-uests should be treated with feht be called the most-favoured-nation clause The Melh old Melentleestaffe faain the father had carried another clause The prolonged sojourn in toas to be only for six weeks On the 10th of July the Longestaffes were to be removed into the country for the ren tour was proposed, the father became absolutely violent in his refusal 'In God's naiana urged that other people hadin which she ht think it lucky if she had a house over her head This, however, she took as having been said with poetical licence, the sa been made more than once before The treaty was very clear, and the parties to it were prepared to carry it out with fair honesty The Mel treated with decent courtesy, and the house in toas not dismantled

The idea, hardly ever in truth entertained but which had been barely suggested fro the ladies of the family, that Dolly should marry Marie Melmotte, had been abandoned Dolly, with all his vapid folly, had a will of his ohich, a his own family, was invincible He was never persuaded to any course either by his father or mother Dolly certainly would not estaffes heard that Sir Felix was co to the country, they had no special objection to entertaining him at Caversham He had been lately talked of in London as the favourite in regard to Marie Melainst Lord Nidderdale, and was on that account someell inclined towards Sir Felix's prospects Soon after the Melmottes' arrival she contrived to say a word to Marie respecting Sir Felix 'There is a friend of yours going to dine here on Monday, Miss Melrandeur and size and general fashionable haughtiness of her new acquaintances, made hardly any answer 'I think you know Sir Felix Carbury,' continued Georgiana