The duchess had given a ball, had had a grand _reunion_, a _soiree_, a garden-party; the duchess had been at such an entertainment; when a long description of her dress or costume would follow.

Nor was it only among the upper ten thousand that she was so pre-eminently popular.

If a bazar, a fancy fair, a ball, were needed to aid some charitable cause, she was always chosen as patroness; her vote, her interest, one word from her, was all-sufficient.
Her wedding had been a scene of the most gorgeous magnificence.

She had been married from her house at Verdun Royal, and half the county had been present at what was certainly the most magnificent ceremonial of the year.

The leading journal, the _Illustrated Intelligence_, produced a supplement on the occasion, which was very much admired.