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Starter had been our ambassador at Madrid when Isabella was young and prim on thought of.

But had retired from the diplomatic service in a capriceous moment of annoyance,

on not being offered the embassy at Paris,

opposed to what she considered that he was fully entitled by reason of his birth,

his indolence, the good English of his dispatches,

and his inordinate passion for pleasure.

The son, who had been his father's secretary, had resigned, along with his chief, somewhat

foolishly, as was thought at the time, and on succeeding some months later to the title,

had set himself to the serious study of the great aristocratic art of doing absolutely

nothing.

He had two large townhouses, but preferred to live in chambers as it was less trouble,

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