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At dinner that evening the Countess of Matresser made what was almost an official announcement. She had been talking for some time of her son, to the Earl of Bemrose, who was seated on her right.
"Ronald has practically given me his word," she confided, "that his wanderings are over. He is going to settle down and do his duty to his neighbours. We have been without a man here long enough."