Your pa was kind enough,' added the good lady, 'to invite me to take a ride with you to-day; and I think he mentioned that you were going to call upon Miss Pinch.

Any relation to the gentleman you were speaking of just now, Miss Pecksniff ?' 'For goodness sake, Mrs Todgers,' interposed the lively Merry, 'don't call him a gentleman.

My dear Cherry, Pinch a gentleman! The idea!' 'What a wicked girl you are!' cried Mrs Todgers, embracing her with great affection.

'You are quite a quiz, I do declare! My dear Miss Pecksniff, what a happiness your sister's spirits must be to your pa and self!' 'He's the most hideous, goggle-eyed creature, Mrs Todgers, in existence,' resumed Merry: 'quite an ogre.

The ugliest, awkwardest frightfullest being, you can imagine.