Still I won't say but what some of them are very good people--and respectable, too." Laura--"The old families seem to be holding themselves aloof, from what I hear.

I suppose you seldom meet in society now, the people you used to be familiar with twelve or fifteen years ago ?" Mrs.O.--"Oh, no-hardly ever." Mr.O'Riley kept his first rum-mill and protected his customers from the law in those days, and this turn of the conversation was rather uncomfortable to madame than otherwise.
Hon.

Mrs.Higgins--"Is Francois' health good now, Mrs.Oreille ?" Mrs.O .-- (Thankful for the intervention)--"Not very.

A body couldn't expect it.

He was always delicate--especially his lungs--and this odious climate tells on him strong, now, after Parry, which is so mild." Mrs.H:--"I should think so.