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wo English peers had an eye on her--the Earl of Winchilsea
and the Duke of Kent. This is where the card affair comes in. The Duc
either played whist with the two noblemen for sole rights in Sophie or
what is more likelycut cards with them during a game. The Duc won.
Whether his win may be regarded as lucky or not can be reckoned
according to the taste and fancy of the readerfrom the sequelae of some
twenty years.
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With the placing of Sophie dans ses meubles by the Duc de Bourbon
there began one of the most remarkable turns in her career. In 1811 he
took a house for her in Gloucester StreetQueen's Squarewith her mother
as duennaand arranged for the completion of her education.
As a light on her character hardly too much can be made of this stage
in her development. It is more than likely that the teaching was begun at
Sophie's own demandand by the use she made of the opportunities given
her you may measure the strength of her ambition. Here was no rich
man's doxy lazily seeking a veneer of cultureenough to gloss the rough
patches of speech and idea betraying humble origin. This fisherman's
childworkhouse girlancilla of the bordelswith the thin smattering of
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