Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 . In Paris and Vienna 1879-1904 great beauty; she had certainly very lovely blue eyesand pretty golden hair, and her age was about thirty-five. When her husband was alive she was very rich,and kept some very fine horses, but since her husbandhad disappeared from the scene she lived rather quietlyin an hotel of her own. Captain Hubert de Burgh, lateof the nth Hussars, a nephew of Lord Cardigan, fell inlove with her at first sight, and she with him ; he wasthen suffering from a spinal complaint, and she was verykind to him during his illness,
Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 . In Paris and Vienna 1879-1904 great beauty; she had certainly very lovely blue eyesand pretty golden hair, and her age was about thirty-five. When her husband was alive she was very rich,and kept some very fine horses, but since her husbandhad disappeared from the scene she lived rather quietlyin an hotel of her own. Captain Hubert de Burgh, lateof the nth Hussars, a nephew of Lord Cardigan, fell inlove with her at first sight, and she with him ; he wasthen suffering from a spinal complaint, and she was verykind to him during his illness, which ended in his veryrapid death ; in gratitude he left her all his knew them both very well indeed. De Burgh waspassionately fond of going to all the race meetings, evenup to the time when he had to walk with crutches,though his doctor told him not to do so. He died whenhe was only thirty-three years old. Madame Adelsbergused to tell a story about Lady Cardigan, who marriedthe Comte de Lancastre because she desired him to be-come Portugu
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