Aet. 41, to a woman of letters and host of a notable salon. George Moore’s story “Parted” appeared in the Daily Chronicle (22 May 1893). Balzac’s “Pierrette” was one of his Scènes de la vie de province in Les Célibataires (1840-1841). Florence Henniker’s recent novel was Bid Me Goodbye (1892). Her brother Lord Houghton was the present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In May 1893 he hosted Thomas Hardy, a friend of Lena Milman, at the Viceregal Lodge.
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