There was a momentary lull in the wind, and as if in the silence that followed he was able to grasp how much he had undertaken, he stammered, nervously:
"And you and I? Suppose you and I have children?"
"Well," said Dorothy, "they'll be half brothers and sisters of the sixth Earl of Clarehaven, which will be quite enough for them, won't it?"
And that night, while the wind still cooed round Cherrington Cottage, Dorothy, Countess of Clarehaven, wrote out for Debrett and read to Augusta, Countess of Clarehaven:
"Clarehaven, Earl of (Clare.) (Earl. U.K. 1816. Bt. 1660.) Lucius Clare; 6th Earl and 11th Baronet; b. April 25, 1915; s. 1915; is patron of one living.
"Arms—Purpure, two flanches ermine, on a chief sable a moon in her complement argent. Crest—A moon in her complement argent, arising from a cloud proper. Supporters—Two angels, vested purpure, winged and crined, or, each holding in the exterior hand a key or.
"Seat—Clare Court, Devonshire."
THE END