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The Eustace Diamonds

CHAPTER X
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EUSTACE.
There were two other letters,--one to her uncle, the dean, and the other to her cousin Frank.

There was great doubt in her mind as to the expediency of writing to Frank Greystock; but at last she decided that she would do it.

The letter to the dean need not be given in full, as it was very similar to that written to the bishop's wife.
The same mention was made of her intended husband's peerage, and the same allusion to Her Majesty's Government,--a phrase which she had heard from Lord Fawn himself.

She spoke of the Irish property, but in terms less glowing than she had used in writing to the lady, and ended by asking for her uncle's congratulation--and blessing.

Her letter to Frank was as follows, and, doubtless, as she wrote it, there was present to her mind a remembrance of the fact that he himself might have offered to her, and have had her if he would.
MY DEAR COUSIN, As I would rather that you should hear my news from myself than from any one else, I write to tell you that I am going to be married to Lord Fawn.


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