When I want a nose or an eye for any particular sitter, I have only to look out of window and wait till I get one.' 'Does it take long to get a nose, now ?' inquired Nicholas, smiling.
'Why, that depends in a great measure on the pattern,' replied Miss La Creevy.

'Snubs and Romans are plentiful enough, and there are flats of all sorts and sizes when there's a meeting at Exeter Hall; but perfect aquilines, I am sorry to say, are scarce, and we generally use them for uniforms or public characters.' 'Indeed!' said Nicholas.

'If I should meet with any in my travels, I'll endeavour to sketch them for you.' 'You don't mean to say that you are really going all the way down into Yorkshire this cold winter's weather, Mr Nickleby ?' said Miss La Creevy.
'I heard something of it last night.' 'I do, indeed,' replied Nicholas.

'Needs must, you know, when somebody drives.

Necessity is my driver, and that is only another name for the same gentleman.' 'Well, I am very sorry for it; that's all I can say,' said Miss La Creevy; 'as much on your mother's and sister's account as on yours.
Your sister is a very pretty young lady, Mr Nickleby, and that is an additional reason why she should have somebody to protect her.