My father does the buying and directs the counting house.

Though my art is a very inferior one, I have no reason to complain of my share of the profits." The first eighteen months of Patsey's married life passed quietly and happily.

She could now speak French fluently and, having made several stays at the country chateau, could make herself understood in the patois.

Leigh spoke French as well as English.

Fortunately he had picked up a little before leaving home, partly from his tutor, partly from endeavouring to talk with French fishermen and sailors who came into Poole.