But as a female they will never call me to the Bar.

So I'm going to send Vivien Warren off for a long absence abroad--the few who think about me will probably conclude that money has carried the day and that I've gone to help my mother in her business--and in her absence Mr.
Vavasour Williams will take up the running.

David V.Williams--don't interrupt me--will study for the Bar, eat through his terms--six dinners a year, isn't it ?--pass his examinations, and be called to the English Bar in about three years from now.

Didn't you once have a pupil called Vavasour Williams ?" _Praed_: "What, David, the Welsh boy?
Yes.

His name reminded me of your mother in one of her stages.