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At that time there was no chance of such an event. He now tells me, that it was Isabella's earnest request that he should attend the Princess; be always near her, and so decrease the difficulties, which in a foreign land must for a time surround her. The Queen is broken in health, and dispirited, from many domestic afflictions; and it was with tears, she besought him to devote his remaining years, to the service of her child, and be to the future Queen of England true, faithful, and upright, as he had ever been to the Queen of Spain. Need I say the honorable charge was instantly accepted, and while he resumes his rank and duties as a Peer of his native land, the grateful service of an adopted son of Spain will ever be remembered and performed."

"But his name, his name?" cried many eager voices.
"ARTHUR STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY.”

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ROSE DOUGLAS; or, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.

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MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE.

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A Story of Spain in the Fifteenth Century.
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