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Sir Joseph Mason was an old man when Lucius, son of his second wife, was born. He had lived for
some years at Orley Farm, a small property near
Lady Mason, mother of Lucius, had been on terms of
intimacy with her neighbor Sir Peregrine Orme of The Cleeve and his daughter-in-law Edith Orme. When the case
was reopened Sir Peregrine gave Lady Mason his full support and, that he might
shield her, asked her to marry him. She was deeply touched, but knowing her
guilt could not accept him. When the case came to trial she was acquitted, but Lucius returned Orley Farm to the
older son.
GEROULD,
WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
© 1948 Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
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