"Everybody has not _voyage_ like _nous autres_, hey?
_Mais que voulez-vous_, my good sir?
you must stick to your cursed ledgers and things.

What's the French for ledger, Miss Belinda ?" "How can you ask?
_Je n'en scais rien_, I'm sure." "You should learn, Miss Brough," said her father.

"The daughter of a British merchant need not be ashamed of the means by which her father gets his bread.

_I'm_ not ashamed--I'm not proud.

Those who know John Brough, know that ten years ago he was a poor clerk like my friend Titmarsh here, and is now worth half-a-million.