MARRIED SWEETHEARTS.
It is said that since the departure o f the Countess Dufferin the Earl wears the air of a disconsolate grass-widower. Thej are a pair of married sweethearts, *nd they don't care who knows it. He speaks of the Countess as "my wife,'.' aod she of him as "my husband." Sir John A. Macdonald tells a story of having, while Premier, suddenly, upon a call of business, made a descent upon the Governor's private study, and having got in found that Lady Dufferin had utilised the Viceroy as an arm-ohair, and Was curled up in his lap, while a sound reached his ears like unto that which follows the drawing of a cork from a bottle of claret.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3088, 10 January 1879, Page 2
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120MARRIED SWEETHEARTS. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3088, 10 January 1879, Page 2
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