He is a man I have no respect for; he is one of those shoddy upstarts, not at all our sort of folks.

I'm sorry you asked him." "But his wife is my particular friend," said Lillie, "and they were very polite to mamma and me at Newport; and we really owe them some attention." "Well, Lillie, since you have asked them, I will be polite to them; and I will try and do every thing to save you care in this entertainment.

I'll speak to Bridget myself; she knows our ways, and has been used to managing." And so, as John was greatly beloved by Bridget, and as all the domestic staff had the true Irish fealty to the man of the house, and would run themselves off their feet in his service any day,--it came to pass that the _fete_ was holden, as of yore, in the grounds.

Grace was there and helped, and so were Letitia and Rose Ferguson; and all passed off better than could be expected.

But John did not enjoy it.
He felt all the while that he was dragging Lillie as a thousand-pound weight after him; and he inly resolved that, once out of that day's festival, he would never try to have it again.
Lillie went to bed with sick headache, and lay two days after it, during which she cried and lamented incessantly.