And any young lady who has consented to receive lessons from such a teacher, will generally be willing to receive this special lesson among others.
But Stanbury had hitherto had no such opportunities.

In London Miss Rowley had been a fashionable young lady, living in Mayfair, and he had been,--well, anything but a fashionable young man.

Nevertheless, he had seen her often, had sat by her very frequently, was quite sure that he loved her dearly, and had, perhaps, some self-flattering idea in his mind that had he stuck to his honourable profession as a barrister, and were he possessed of some comfortable little fortune of his own, he might, perhaps, have been able, after due siege operations, to make this charming young woman his own.

Things were quite changed now.

For the present, Miss Rowley certainly could not be regarded as a fashionable London young lady.