Money settled on their male issue, and money in hand; by the Lord! we've always had the look of a pair of highwaymen lurking for purses, when it was the woman, the woman, penniless, naked, mean, destitute; nothing but the woman we wanted.

And there was one apiece for us.

Greg, old boy, when will the old county show such another couple of Beauties! Greg, sir, you're not half a man, or you'd have carried her, with your opportunities.

The fellow's in the Bench, you say?
How are you cocksure of that, Mr.Greg ?' 'Company,' was the answer; and the captain turned to Temple and me, apologizing profusely for talking over family matters with his brother after a separation of three years.

I had guessed but hastily at the subject of their conversation until they mentioned the Billings, the family of my maternal grandmother.