"Come, Bee; by-the-way, there's a young girl upstairs, a Miss Hart, a friend of mine, who is very anxious to see you." Mrs.Bell and Beatrice left the drawing-room, and Augustus Jenkins turned to his fiancee "By Jove," he said, "that girl _is_ a bouncer!" "What girl ?" said Matty, in a quick jealous voice.

She had flung herself in a languid attitude on the sofa, now she sat bolt upright.
"Killing, I call her," proceeded Gus; "simply killing.

Such an eye, such a curl of the lip! By Jove--she'd bowl any fellow over." Matty flushed deeply, and turned her head away to look out of the window.
"What's up, now, little duck ?" said the lover.

"Oh, she's jealous, is she?
By George, that's a good un! You were in luck, missy, to come in my way first, or I don't know what mightn't have happened; and she's got lots of the tin, too, I've been told! So she's Captain Bertram's fancy.
Well, he's a good judge and no mistake." "I don't know that she's his fancy at all, Gusty.

Ma always said that I--I--" "Oh, by Jove! Matty, don't you try to come it over me like that.