It establishes a confidence between us which is quite delightful, and was certainly necessary, though how you can ever have mistaken our positions and designs, I confess I cannot understand.

I conceived, until I found your fancy for this girl, that all these points were tacitly agreed upon between us.' 'I knew you were embarrassed, sir,' returned the son, raising his head for a moment, and then falling into his former attitude, 'but I had no idea we were the beggared wretches you describe.

How could I suppose it, bred as I have been; witnessing the life you have always led; and the appearance you have always made ?' 'My dear child,' said the father--'for you really talk so like a child that I must call you one--you were bred upon a careful principle; the very manner of your education, I assure you, maintained my credit surprisingly.

As to the life I lead, I must lead it, Ned.

I must have these little refinements about me.