A Long Attachment.
Sir Arthur Wellesley, before he became the Duke of Wellington, married a cHafiuing Irish "Isd^v, " Catherine Pakcnhani.^ They had. been long attach e&fy^Mh other, anfe the marriage took; plpejnlt, after ;t3 he i .had returned from his brilliant career m India. DuringHiisTabsence of eleven years she never ; 6Wc^w'itite to him, yet her affec-tloii-.lwasidonitant. When La*ly Welleeley ' was: prqsenjyejil^to Queen Charlotte, her HMajestyaaaid, "I am "happy to see at my court so bright an example" of: constancy. But did you really^ never write r otiß : ' loiter to Sir pAv'fclftW - :: Utlring > Ms -l^nf^ absence?" "No, rnjer, your > Majesty." "And did you rleveT think' of hiln^ " " Yes, your^ Majesty; I 'very often." She was proud of Her husband's reputation, but proud ejr of the fact" that^ie^Hneri ted it. Just 1 before Her death, she was visited by Friends' who found her lying on the sofa' in' a room filled, with the migni'ficerie^^eseiits of cities kingiloms and .Move/eiffna., WhenjiJicvTsltoi's g«zed upon them with admiration, the tiQucueas exclaimeji with voice. " All; . tributes Ho merl^f There's the value! Aifpure, no corruption suspect-,exl-even! f£liat cpuld mot be said of "the*l)a^e;of Marlbbrongh !"
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 105, 31 March 1884, Page 2
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187A Long Attachment. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 105, 31 March 1884, Page 2
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