10/12 If the idea of making her my wife had never previously occurred to me as practicable, it was that I deemed her rank incompatible with my own." "As it was," said the earl. "I only add another to the list." "But you cannot keep her as a peer's daughter, I presume ?" "East Lynne will be her home. Our establishment will be small and quiet, as compared with her father's. I explained to Isabel how quiet at the first, and she might have retracted had she wished. I explained also in full to Lady Mount Severn. |