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We could make mention of innumerable instances of this kind, the greater portion of which are, however, confined to the aristocratic circles. WE COULD MENTION OF INNUMERABLE INSTANCES OF THIS KIND THE GREATER PORTION OF WHICH ARE HOWEVER CONFINED TO THE ARISTOCRATIC CIRCLES
 delicacy of hinting at marriage! Reader! think not that when we record the dreadful fact of _a father consenting to sell his own daughter for gold_, we are fabricating for a romance an incident which never occurred in real life! Such things have been done often—are done often—and will be done often, so long as the human species shall exist. The immense wealth of that corrupt and detestable monster, the late Marquis of Hertford,[29] enabled him to purchase the favours not only of Lady S——, but also induced that profligate woman to sell to him every one of her daughters! And those daughters have since married titled men, and live splendidly upon the riches bequeathed to them by the horrible voluptuary. Again, but a few years have elapsed since a certain Lady H——sold her beautiful daughter Priscilla to a most ignoble lord; and the atrocious deed became the topic of numerous articles in the English and continental newspapers, the tribunals of France having taken cognizance of the scandal! HAD NOT EVEN MANIFESTED THE DELICACY OF HINTING AT MARRIAGE READER THINK NOT THAT WHEN WE RECORD THE DREADFUL FACT OF A FATHER CONSENTING TO SELL HIS OWN DAUGHTER FOR GOLD WE ARE FABRICATING FOR A ROMANCE AN INCIDENT WHICH NEVER OCCURRED IN REAL LIFE SUCH THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE OFTEN ARE DONE OFTEN AND WILL BE DONE OFTEN SO LONG AS THE HUMAN SPECIES SHALL EXIST THE IMMENSE WEALTH OF THAT CORRUPT AND DETESTABLE MONSTER THE LATE MARQUESS OF HERTFORD ENABLED HIM TO PURCHASE THE FAVOURS OF NOT ONLY LADY S BUT ALSO INDUCED THAT PROFLIGATE WOMAN TO SELL HIM EVERY ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS AND THOSE DAUGHTERS HAVE SINCE MARRIED TITLED MEN AND LIVE SPLENDIDLY UPON THE RICHES BEQUEATHED TO THEM BY THE HORRIBLE VOLUPTUARY AGAIN BUT A FEW YEARS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE A CERTAIN LADY H SOLD HER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER PRISCILLA TO A MOST IGNOBLE LORD AND THE ATROCIOUS DEED BECAME THE TOPIC OF NUMEROUS ARTICLES IN THE ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPERS THE TRIBUNALS OF FRANCE HAVING TAKEN COGNIZANCE OF THE SCANDAL
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