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Dorothy had kept the Earl at arm's length since their formal introduction at the hands of Pat. They met frequently, but never alone, and always in the guise of persons satisfied with mere acquaintanceship. Dorothy was not ashamed of the typewriting escapade, but she had her dignity to consider, and, moreover, her father wanted her to marry Pat.
The Marquis, never a rich man, had recently been called upon to discharge his son's debts, and his own pecuniary embarrassments were known to several, who did not scruple to assert that he had traded over-recklessly on his expectations of succeeding to the duchy. There was even talk of process-servers having been seen about Cliff House. At any rate Mr. Southdown, the solicitor, had been a frequent caller there of late, and mutters went abroad when the process-servers showed their heels, of post-obits bonds and mortgages. The Marquis showed Dorothy a deed one day in which the name of Patrick Ellison figured largely.