"I surely don't value your practice, as you call it, one little farthing's worth." But Malcolm No.

2, though mischievously inclined, was much quicker of wit than Malcolm No.

1, and she easily extricated herself.
"I meant that gentlemen like it, Lady Crawford." "Oh!" replied Lady Crawford, again taking up her book.

"I have been reading Sir Philip's account of the death of your fair Mary of Burgundy.
Do you remember the cause of her death ?" Malcolm No.

2, who had read Sir Philip so many times, was compelled to admit that he did not remember the cause of Mary's death.
"You did not read the book with attention," replied Lady Crawford.