"Ah! here it is," said Grace, in the eagerness of one who is suddenly successful after a long and vexatious search.
"Here is what, coz?"
Grace coloured, and she could have bitten her tongue for its indiscretion, but, too ingenuous to deceive, she reluctantly told the truth.
"I was merely looking for the account of Sir George Templemore's family; it is awkward to be domesticated with one, of whose family we are utterly ignorant."
"Have you found the name?"
"Yes; I see he has two sisters, both of whom are married, and a brother who is in the Guards. But--"
"But what, dear?"
"His title is not so very old."
"The title of no Baronet can be very old, the order having been instituted in the reign of James I."
"I did not know that. His ancestor was created a baronet in 1701, I see. Now, Eve--"