7/32 Her brother-in-law, poor dear Brian--considering everybody knows everything in London, was there ever such a delusion as his ?--was welcome, after banking-hours, to forsake his own friends for his wife's fine relations, and to dangle after lords and ladies in Mayfair. She had no such absurd vanity--not she. She imparted these opinions pretty liberally to all her acquaintances in almost all her conversations. It was clear that the two ladies were best apart. |