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"The sooner I pack up my young lady and take her off to Scotland, the better, I think," said Bertha decisively.
"It's all so silly," sighed Nina vaguely. "But I really don't know -- I shouldn't mind it, you know, Bertie, if he seriously wants it -- only I think he's too young. I've always hoped he'd marry a daughter of yours, and Rosamund's as good as your daughter, though between ourselves, I've always been fonder of both the other two."