Except to the few who were "in the know" the engagement of Lord Rosebery's youngest daughter Lady "Peggy" came as a great sur Lord Crewe, though only 41, is a widower of some years' standing and his eldest daughter, Lady Annabel Crewe-Mimes, is only six months younger than her prospective step-mother. The date for the wedding is not yet fixed but it is rumoured that it will take place during the season. I hear that in quite the near future Lord Rosebery may be likewise asked. to part with his elder daughter, as the Duke of Roxburghe is said to be very anxious to make her his wife. If this be true who can tell what else may happen? The Earl is still a comparatively young man and it is dull to live alone.
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