"Oh! Marquess," exclaimed her Ladyship, and a favourite green parrot,
which came flying in after its accustomed perch, her Ladyship's left
shoulder, shrieked at the same time in concert, "Oh! Marquess, my poor
Julie! You know we have noticed how nervous she has been for some days
past, and I had just given her a saucer of arrow-root and milk, and she
seemed a little easier, and I said to Miss Graves. 'I really do think
she is a leetle better' and Miss Graves said, 'Yes, my Lady, I hope she
is; 'when just as we flattered ourselves that the dear little creature
was enjoying a quiet sleep, Miss Graves called out, 'Oh, my Lady! my
Lady! Julie's in a fit!' and when I turned round she was lying on her
back, kicking, with her eyes shut.' And here the Marchioness detected
Mr. Grey, and gave him as sublime a stare as might be expected from a
lady patroness of Almack's.

"The Marchioness, Mr. Vivian Grey, my love, I assure you we are engaged
in a most important, a most--"

"Oh! I would not disturb you for the world, only if you will just tell
me what you think ought to be done; leeches, or a warm bath; or shall I
send for Doctor Blue Pill?"

The Marquess looked a little annoyed, as if he wished her Ladyship in
her own room again. He was almost meditating a gentle reprimand, vexed
that his grave young friend should have witnessed this frivolous
intrusion, when that accomplished stripling, to the astonishment of the
future minister, immediately recommended "the warm bath," and then
lectured, with equal rapidity and erudition, on dogs, and their diseases
In general.