again. What a beautiful sensation it is to see one's name in print.
'We understand that Richard Crauford, Esq., M. P. for ----, is to be
raised to the dignity of the peerage. There does not perhaps exist in
the country a gentleman more universally beloved and esteemed' (mark
that, Dicky Crauford). 'The invariable generosity with which his
immense wealth has been employed, his high professional honour, the
undeviating and consistent integrity of his political career' (ay, to
be sure, it is only your honest fools who are inconsistent: no man can
deviate who has one firm principle, self-interest), 'his manly and
energetic attention to the welfare of religion' (he! he! he!),
'conjoined to a fortune almost incalculable, render this condescension
of our gracious Sovereign no less judicious than deserved! We hear
that the title proposed for the new peer is that of Viscount
Innisdale, which, we believe, was formerly in the noble family of
which Mr. Crauford is a distant branch.'

"He! he! he! Bravo! bravo! Viscount Innisdale, noble family, distant
branch,--the devil I am! What an ignoramus my father was not to know
that! Why, rest his soul, he never knew who his grandfather was; but
the world shall not be equally ignorant of that important point. Let
me see, who shall be Viscount Innisdale's great-grandfather? Well,
well, whoever he is, here's long life to his great-grandson!
'Incalculable fortune!' Ay, ay, I hope at all events it will never be
calculated. But now for my letters. Bah! this wine is a thought too
acid for the cellars of Viscount Innisdale! What, another from Mother
H----! Dark eyes, small mouth, sings like an angel, eighteen! Pish!
I am too old for such follies now: 't is not pretty for Viscount
Innisdale. Humph! Lisbon, seven hundred pounds five shillings and
seven-pence--half-penny, is it, or farthing? I must note that down.
Loan for King of Prussia. Well, must negotiate that to-morrow. Ah,