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The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy' Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name '''Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name ''Aime might be read for Anne.

As a child, Amy' could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name ' Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.

As Amy' had been baptized Amelia ( but always called ' Amy ) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.

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I am thy mortal foe, and it am I

That so hot loveth Emily the bright,

That I would die here present in her sight.

People will please their fancies, and every lady has her favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. - - - Emily', in which all womanly sweetness seems bound up - perhaps this is the effect of association of ideas - I have known so many charming ' Emilys

This may have accounted for Emma's Christian name, for it had seemed to Beatrix unfair to call her daughter Emily , a name associated with her grandmother's servants rather than the author of The Wuthering Heights , so Emma had been chosen, perhaps with the hope that some of the qualities possessed by the heroine of the novel might be perpetuated.

Emily . Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours — whilst hers was that muted, dusky pink, like bubblegum, like roses —