Oh, merciful! Miss Nugent, if you could stand still for one single particle of a second.

So then I thought of stepping in to Miss Nugent; for the young ladies are talking so fast, says I to myself, at the door, they will never know how time goes, unless I give 'em a hint.

But now my lady is below, there's no need, to be sure, to be nervous, so we may take the thing quietly, without being in a flustrum.

Dear ladies, is not this now a very sudden motion of our young lord's for Ireland ?--Lud a mercy! Miss Nugent, I'm sure your motions is sudden enough; and your dress behind is all, I'm sure, I can't tell how.'-- 'Oh, never mind,' said the young lady, escaping from her; 'it will do very well, thank you, Petito.' 'It will do very well, never mind,' repeated Petito muttering to herself, as she looked after the ladies, whilst they ran downstairs.

'I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never mind, and it will do very well.