All that we have to hope is, that the devil may not have tempted her to alter this very proper settlement.

You must attend the old girl's funeral to-morrow, to which you will receive an invitation, for I have acquainted her agent with your being here on Miss Bertram's part; and I will meet you afterwards at the house she inhabited, and be present to see fair play at the opening of the settlement.

The old cat had a little girl, the orphan of some relation, who lived with her as a kind of slavish companion.

I hope she has had the conscience to make her independent, in consideration of the peine forte et dure to which she subjected her during her lifetime.' Three gentlemen now appeared, and were introduced to the stranger.

They were men of good sense, gaiety, and general information, so that the day passed very pleasantly over; and Colonel Mannering assisted, about eight o'clock at night, in discussing the landlord's bottle, which was, of course, a magnum.