I will sit at her right hand and be her minister." Mrs Greenow did not refuse,--and so the matter was adjusted.
Mr Cheesacre took his seat in despair.

It was nothing to him that he had Kate Vavasor at his left hand.

He liked talking to Kate very well, but he could not enjoy that pleasure while Captain Bellfield was in the very act of making progress with the widow.

"One would think that he had given it himself; wouldn't you ?" he said to Maria's mother, who sat at his right hand.
The lady did not in the least understand him.

"Given what ?" said she.
"Why, the music and the wine and all the rest of it.