He will procure magnificent ancestors for you; not dear either! If you will consent to descend to simple magistrates, the price will be insignificant.

Chief justices are dirt cheap.

Naturally, if you wish to be of the military profession, to have eminent clergy among your antecedents, the price increases.

Pere Issacar is the only one who can give you, at a reasonable rate, ermine-draped bishops, or a colonel with a Louis XIV wig, and, if you wish it, a blue ribbon and a breast-plate under his red coat.

What produces a good effect in a series of family portraits is a series of pastels.