And then he had
done so much more than this! He had married a woman who was not a
lady! John was clearly of opinion that at any rate the wife should
not be admitted into Bragton House. The old squire in those days
was not a happy man; he had never been very strong-minded, but now
he was strong enough to declare that his house-door should not be
shut against a son of his,--or a son's wife, as long as she was
honest. Hereupon the Honourable Mrs. Morton took her departure, and
was never seen at Bragton again in the old squire's time. Reginald
Morton came to the house, and soon afterwards another little
Reginald was born at Bragton Park. This happened as long ago as
1835, twenty years before the death of the old squire.
But there had been another child, a daughter, who had come between
the two sons, still living in these days, who will become known to
any reader who will have patience to follow these pages to the end.
She married, not very early in life, a certain Sir William Ushant,
who was employed by his country in India and elsewhere, but who
found, soon after his marriage, that the service of his country
required that he should generally leave his wife at Bragton. As her
father had been for many years a widower, Lady Ushant became the
mistress of the house.
But death was very busy with the Mortons.
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