sent me to Parliament. I'm to dine with the Mayor tomorrow, and as some
big-wig has come in his way who is going to dine with him also, the
thing has been got up in a hurry. But I'm delighted to find that you
are to be with us.'

'I generally go to my aunt about this time of the year.'

'It is very good-natured of you.' Then he asked after her father, and
she told him of Mr Belton's visit, telling him nothing as the reader
will hardly require to be told of Mr Belton's offer. And so, by
degrees, they fell into close and intimate conversation.

'I am so glad, for your, father's sake!' said the captain, with
sympathetic voice, speaking still of Mr Belton's visit.



'That's what I feel, of course.'

'I is just as it should be, as he stands in that position to the
property. And so he is a nice sort of fellow, is he?



'Nice is no word for him. He is perfect!'

'Dear me! This is terrible! You remember that they hated some old Greek
patriot when they could find no fault in him?'

'I'll defy you to hate my cousin Will.'