You redeem your ring, Russett, and I will restore it.

I have to tell you, Henrietta is here to-morrow.' 'She might be in a better place.' 'The place where she is to be seen is not generally undervalued by men.
It is not her fault that she is absent.

The admiral was persuaded to go and attend those cavalry manoeuvres with the Grand Duke, to whom he had been civil when in command of the Mediterranean squadron.

You know, the admiral believes he has military--I mean soldierly-genius; and the delusion may have given him wholesome exercise and helped him to forget his gout.

So far, Henrietta will have been satisfied.