"I have warned you, and my task is done." With that he bowed, and leaving her, was soon by the side of Sir Miles St.John; and the baronet and his librarian, a few moments after, entered the house and sat down to chess.
But during the dialogues we have sketched, we must not suppose that Sir Miles himself had been so wholly absorbed in the sensual gratification bestowed upon Europe by the immortal Raleigh as to neglect his guest and kinsman.
"And so, Charley Vernon, it is not the fashion to smoke in Lunnon." Thus Sir Miles pronounced the word, according to the Euphuism of his youth, and which, even at that day, still lingered in courtly jargon.
"No, sir.

However, to console us, we have most other vices in full force." "I don't doubt it; they say the prince's set exhaust life pretty quickly." "It certainly requires the fortune of an earl and the constitution of a prize-fighter to live with him." "Yet methinks, Master Charley, you have neither the one nor the other." "And therefore I see before me, and at no very great distance, the Bench and--a consumption!" answered Vernon, suppressing a slight yawn.
"'T is a pity, for you had a fine estate, properly managed; and in spite of your faults, you have the heart of a true gentleman.

Come, come!" and the old man spoke with tenderness, "you are young enough yet to reform.
A prudent marriage and a good wife will save both your health and your acres." "If you think so highly of marriage, my dear Sir Miles, it is a wonder you did not add to your precepts the value of your example." "Jackanapes! I had not your infirmities: I never was a spendthrift, and I have a constitution of iron!" There was a pause.

"Charles," continued Sir Miles, musingly, "there is many an earl with a less fortune than the conjoined estates of Vernon Grange and Laughton Hall.

You must already have understood me: it is my intention to leave my estates to Lucretia; it is my wish, nevertheless, to think you will not be the worse for my will.