[Gutenberg 63901] • The Duke's Daughter · and, The Fugitives · vol. 1/3

Excerpt from The Duke's Daughter and the Fugitives, Vol. 1 of 3

Hers had not been a holiday existence, notwithstanding her high position at the head of one of the proudest houses and noblest families in England. It is a sort of compensation to us for the grandeur of the great to believe that, after all, their wealth and their high position do them very little good. The village maidens of the plain Salute me lowly as they go, Envious they mark my silken train, Nor think a countess can have woe.

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