How much do I owe your ladyship now ?--three rubbers, I think.

Now, though you would not believe it of a young girl,' continued Mrs.Broadhurst, 'I can assure your ladyship, my daughter would often rather go to a book than a ball.' 'Well, now, that's very extraordinary, in the style in which she has been brought up; yet books and all that are so fashionable now, that it's very natural,' said Lady Clonbrony.
About this time, Mr.Berryl, Lord Colambre's Cambridge friend, for whom his lordship had fought the battle of the curricle with Mordicai, came to town.

Lord Colambre introduced him to his mother, by whom he was graciously received; for Mr.Berryl was a young gentleman of good figure, good address, good family, heir to a good fortune, and in every respect a fit match for Miss Nugent.

Lady Clonbrony thought that it would be wise to secure him for her niece before he should make his appearance in the London world, where mothers and daughters would soon make him feel his own consequence.

Mr.Berryl, as Lord Colambre's intimate friend, was admitted to the private evening parties at Lady Clonbrony's, and he contributed to render them still more agreeable.
His information, his habits of thinking, and his views, were all totally different from Mr.Salisbury's; and their collision continually struck out that sparkling novelty which pleases peculiarly in conversation.