My loves, you recollect ?' Recollect! Could he doubt it! Dearest pa, what strange unnecessary questions! 'And when I saw you,' resumed Mr Pecksniff, with still greater deference, 'in the little, unassuming village where we take the liberty of dwelling, I said you were mistaken in me, my dear sir; that was all, I think ?' 'No--not all,' said Martin, who had been sitting with his hand upon his brow for some time past, and now looked up again; 'you said much more, which, added to other circumstances that have come to my knowledge, opened my eyes.

You spoke to me, disinterestedly, on behalf of--I needn't name him.

You know whom I mean.' Trouble was expressed in Mr Pecksniff's visage, as he pressed his hot hands together, and replied, with humility, 'Quite disinterestedly, sir, I assure you.' 'I know it,' said old Martin, in his quiet way.

'I am sure of it.

I said so.