VIVIAN GREY.
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CHAPTER IX.
THE DEPARTURE.
It was impossible for any human being to behave with more kindness than the Marquess of Carabas did to Vivian Grey, after that young gentleman's short conversation with Mrs. Felix Lorraine, in the conservatory. The only feeling which seemed to actuate the peer, was an eager desire to compensate, by his present conduct, for any past misunderstanding, and he loaded his young friend with all possible favour. Still Vivian was about to quit Château Desir, and in spite of all that had passed, he was extremely loth to leave his noble friend under the guardianship of his female one.
