Read it through once

Although the Duke of Devonshire could not agree to licence the play, he was not averse to accepting its Dedication to himself, acknowledging it in a very gracious note to the author. Thus, set on their feet once more, the little household pursued a normal course of existence. The Doctor went to London and his daughter plodded, exhausted and overdone, at her new book, which was to be called _Belford Regis_ and be descriptive of life and character in a country town—Belford Regis being, of course, none other than the adjacent town of Reading.