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In which Mr.Sherrick lets his House in Fitzroy Square.
In spite of the sneers of the Newcome Independent, and the Colonel's unlucky visit to his nurse's native place, he still remained in high favour in Park Lane; where the worthy gentleman paid almost daily visits, and was received with welcome and almost affection, at least by the ladies and the children of the house.

Who was it that took the children to Astley's but Uncle Newcome?
I saw him there in the midst of a cluster of these little people, all children together.

He laughed delighted at Mr.Merryman's jokes in the ring.

He beheld the Battle of Waterloo with breathless interest, and was amazed--amazed, by Jove, sir--at the prodigious likeness of the principal actor to the Emperor Napoleon; whose tomb he had visited on his return from India, as it pleased him to tell his little audience who sat clustering round him: the little girls, Sir Brian's daughters, holding each by a finger of his honest hands; young Masters Alfred and Edward clapping and hurrahing by his side; while Mr.Clive and Miss Ethel sat in the back of the box enjoying the scene, but with that decorum which belonged to their superior age and gravity.