that lets me have dem very sheap?" He rides in the Park; has
splendid lodgings in Dover Street; and is a member of the "Regent
Club," where he is a great source of amusement to the members, to
whom he tells astonishing stories of his successes with the ladies,
and for whom he has always play and opera tickets in store. His eye
glistens and his little heart beats when a lord speaks to him; and
he has been known to spend large sums of money in giving treats to
young sprigs of fashion at Richmond and elsewhere. "In my
bolyticks," he says, "I am consarevatiff to de bag-bone." In fine,
he is a puppy, and withal a man of considerable genius in his
profession.

This gentleman, then, undertook to complete the musical education of
Mrs. Walker. He expressed himself at once "enshanted vid her
gababilities," found that the extent of her voice was "brodigious,"
and guaranteed that she should become a first-rate singer. The
pupil was apt, the master was exceedingly skilful; and, accordingly,
Mrs. Walker's progress was very remarkable: although, for her part,
honest Mrs. Crump, who used to attend her daughter's lessons, would
grumble not a little at the new system, and the endless exercises
which she, Morgiana, was made to go through. It was very different
in HER time, she said. Incledon knew no music, and who could sing
so well now? Give her a good English ballad: it was a thousand
times sweeter than your "Figaros" and "Semiramides."

In spite of these objections, however, and with amazing perseverance
and cheerfulness, Mrs. Walker pursued the method of study pointed
out to her by her master. As soon as her husband went to the City
in the morning her operations began; if he remained away at dinner,
her labours still continued: nor is it necessary for me to