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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 87

The Brazilian Ambassador

The Brazilian Ambassador.

"Such marriages, in Brazil, are as frequent as they can be. They inspire no repugnance, but, on the contrary, are considered extremely advantageous where there are children of the former marriage; for it is always to be presumed that the aunt who already knows the children of her brother-in-law, and is connected by the ties of relationship, will prove a better mother to them than a stepmother, who is an entire stranger to them, can possibly be."—His Excellency the Brazilian Ambassador.