"Be so good, if you please, as to mention your business and your name.

If you have any message to leave for Mrs.
Vanstone, I shall be writing to her by to-night's post, and I can take charge of it." "A thousand thanks! A most valuable suggestion.

Permit me to take advantage of it immediately." He was not in the least affected by the severity of Miss Garth's looks and language--he was simply relieved by her proposal, and he showed it with the most engaging sincerity.

This time his bilious green eye took the initiative, and set his bilious brown eye the example of recovered serenity.

His curling lips took a new twist upward; he tucked his umbrella briskly under his arm; and produced from the breast of his coat a large old-fashioned black pocketbook.