When the stock-jobber loses, he is very apt to be condemned; but I rather think his character rises in proportion to his gains.

But why do you ask these singular questions, love ?" I thought I heard Anna breathe harder than usual, and it is certain that she leaned far out of the window to pluck a rose.
"Why, Mrs.Norton said Jack was not invited to Sir Harry Griffin's because his father was a stock-jobber.

Do you think she was right, sir ?" "Very likely, my dear," returned the divine, who I fancied was smiling at the question.

"Sir Harry has the advantages of birth, and he probably did not forget that our friend Jack was not so fortunate--and, moreover, Sir Harry, while he values himself on his wealth, is not as rich as Jack's father by a million or two--in other words, as they say on 'Change, Jack's father could buy ten of him.

This motive was perhaps more likely to influence him than the first.