Belamour

I am glad the new Lady Belamour will not be that little termagant milkmaid Belle, whom circumstances compelled me to inflict upon my poor boy!

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The red face and Belamour livery looked doubly ominous when she came out of church, but she had to give her arm to her father till they were overtaken by Mr. Arden, who always shared the Sunday roast beef and plum pudding.

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

It was a period when great ladies did not scruple to scold at the top of their voices, and sometimes proceed to blows, but Lady Belamour never raised her low silvery tones, and thus increased the awfulness of her wrath and the impressiveness of her determination.

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Lady Belamour, on obtaining the Major's partial acquiescence, had felt herself no longer obliged to vegetate at Carminster, but had started for

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Lady Belamour had, on her second marriage, forsaken her own old hereditary mansion in the Strand, where Sir Jovian had died, and which, she said, gave her the vapours.

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Then they rode off their several ways, Madame Belamour towards Bowstead,

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Belamour might compel the poor girl, who was entirely in her power, and out of reach of all protection; unless -- An idea broke in on her -- "If we could but go to Bowstead, sir," she said, "then we could judge whether the notion be as repugnant to Aurelia as it is to us, and whether Mr. Belamour be truly rational and fit to be trusted with her."

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Lady Belamour treated my mother as a poor dependant.

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The absurd ceremony you went through was a mere mockery, and the old fool, Belamour, showed himself crazed for consenting to such an improper frolic on the part of my son.

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Belamour; while Fay and Letty found her a more delightful playfellow than ever, recovering all the animation she had lost during the last weeks.

Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862