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`` You will recollect , my lord , of what blood Miss Lucy Ashton is come by the mother 's side , '' said the lady . `` I do remember your descent -- from a younger branch of the house of Angus , '' said the Marquis ; `` and your ladyship -- forgive me , lady -- ought not to forget that the Ravenswoods have thrice intermarried with the main stem . Come , madam , I know how matters stand -- old and long-fostered prejudices are difficult to get over , I make every allowance for them ; I ought not , and I would not , otherwise have suffered my kinsman to depart alone , expelled , in a manner , from this house , but I had hopes of being a mediator . I am still unwilling to leave you in anger , and shall not set forward till after noon , as I rejoin the Master of Ravenswood upon the road a few miles from hence . Let us talk over this matter more coolly . '' `` It is what I anxiously desire , my lord , '' said Sir William Ashton , eagerly . `` Lady Ashton , we will not permit my Lord of A -- to leave us in displeasure .