ABSTRACT
Fitzosborne called to return the honour of lord Monteith’s visit just at the time when his lordship was gone out on some important business. This engagement had been discussed the preceding evening, but philosophers are very apt to be absent. He inquired if the countess were at home, and on sending in his name he was admitted. There could be no impropriety in receiving a visit from a gentleman who was soon to become a relation; and Geraldine had been sufficiently interested by his appearance to be anxious to know if the estimate that she had formed of his character were just. /
