Provided—that within a month, or two,
The “cottage queen” should with her lover go
To Rollingate; and there, God willing it,
Domesticated at his noble seat,
She should be educated, and prepare
To share the duties of the “lordly heir.”
Till then Lord Arnold thought it ill-advis’d
The marriage contract should be solemniz’d;—
“I’ve friends,” said he, “who then I must invite—
Whose presence our good manners must requite:”