Every one envied them.
They did not keep a close carriage, but he used to drive her out to dinners in his French cabriolet.( 1) There was no show--no pomp: everything deuced neat, though; quite love in a cottage--only the cottage was in Curzon Street.

At length, however, the cards turned; S---- lost everything; owed more than he could ever pay: we were forced to cut him; and his relation, Lord -- --, coming into the ministry a year afterwards, got him a place in the Customs.

They live at Brompton: he wears a pepper-and-salt coat, and she a mob-cap, with pink ribands: they have five hundred a year, and ten children.

Such was the fate of S----'s wife; such may be the fate of Godolphin's.

Oh, Miss Vernon could not marry _him!_" "You are right, Lord Erpingham," said Constance with emphasis; "but you take too much licence in expressing your opinion." Before Lord Erpingham could stammer forth his apology they heard a slight noise behind: they turned; Godolphin had risen.