18/18 She had been trying the new piano all the morning. The new gloves fitted her to a nicety; the new shawls became her wonderfully; the new rings glittered on her little hands, and the new watch ticked at her waist; "suppose she don't come round, eh, Becky ?" "I'LL make your fortune," she said; and Delilah patted Samson's cheek. "By Jove you can; and we'll drive down to the Star and Garter, and dine, by Jove.". |