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A much-stricken young gentleman -- very undeservedly released from the onus of a social embarrassment for which he was alone responsible -- stood gravely bowing before the lady of the house. His face was quite white.
"I am vastly pleased," said Mr Sheridan, "to be the means of presenting to madame the Countess of Genlis a neighbour, the Lord Viscount Murk. I have the honour of a slight acquaintance with his lordship. I was even more intimate with his predecessor in the title. But at least I can disabuse madame's mind"