She lives with me at my table here." "I hope I have not driven her away ?" "She supposes we have family affairs to speak about, I dare say.

She is very modest.

It is a fine quality in a young woman.

And scarcer," says Mrs.Rouncewell, expanding her stomacher to its utmost limits, "than it formerly was!" The young man inclines his head in acknowledgment of the precepts of experience.

Mrs.Rouncewell listens.
"Wheels!" says she.