"Or the Duke of Omnium."
"That would depend upon his Grace, If the Duke came back, Mr. Finn's services would be at his disposal, whether in or out of office."
"Very prettily said, my dear. I never look round this room without thinking of the first time I came here. Do you remember, when I found the old man sitting there?" The old man alluded to was the late Duke.
"I am not likely to forget it, Duchess."
"How I hated you when I saw you! What a fright I thought you were! I pictured you to myself as a sort of ogre, willing to eat up everybody for the gratification of your own vanity."
"I was very vain, but there was a little pride with it."
"And now it has come to pass that I can't very well live without you. How he did love you!"
"His Grace was very good to me."
"It would have done no great harm, after all, if he had made you Duchess of Omnium."
"Very great harm to me, Lady Glen. As it is I got a friend that I loved dearly, and a husband that I love dearly too. In the other case I should have had neither. Perhaps I may say, that in that other case my life would not have been brightened by the affection of the present Duchess."