"Mother, I have a very romantic plan for winning my pretty betrothed from her fireman lover, and I will explain it to you soon. But you must not reply to Mrs. Fitzgerald's letter until I give you leave."
[CHAPTER XLVII.]
LADY AMY'S LOVERS.
"Her ruby lips hiding teeth of pearl
That dazzle me when she speaks,
Her nut-brown hair in riotous curl,
Her laugh, which sets all my senses awhirl,
And the damask of her cheeks;
Her Venus form, like a flower arrayed,
In the garb of the blushing May,
All bid me rejoice, and undismayed,
Swear my heart shall ever lie true to this maid."
Lady Putnam was delighted to find that her son was not averse to the union with his fair American cousin.
Being an American herself, she had a fondness for her old home and her old friends, especially her kinswoman, Mrs. Fitzgerald.
So she heard with delight her son's avowal that he would cut out the humble fireman in the regard of pretty Geraldine.
She readily acceded to every condition he imposed on her in the furtherance of his plans.
Their conference over, he went to seek his friends, whom he found playing a game of billiards with his pretty sister, Lady Amy.