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The Duchess of Berwick's reception-rooms at Belgrave Square, London. A double drawing-room panelled in oak. Heavy furniture of the Louis Quinze period. A gay crowd assembled. Among them Lord Windermere, Lord Darlington, Lord Augustus Lorton, the Duchess of Berwick, Mrs. Erlynne, Lady Agatha, Lady Plymdale, the Duchess's daughters, and other fashionable people.