&c.

The document was duly signed by the rector of a parish church in Westminster, and bore a date sufficiently old to establish the legitimacy of the person who held it.

This extraordinary precaution produced the very natural effect of increasing the distrust of the vice-admiral, and, in a slight degree, of giving it a direction.
"You go well armed, sir," observed Sir Gervaise, drily.

"Is it your intention, when you succeed, to carry the patent of the baronetcy, and the title-deeds, in your pocket ?" "Ah! I perceive my having this document strikes you as odd, Sir Gervaise, but it can be easily explained.

There was a wide difference in rank between my parents, and some ill-disposed persons have presumed so far to reflect on the character of my mother, as to assert she was not married at all." "In which case, sir, you would do well to cut off half-a-dozen of their ears." "The law is not to be appeased in that way, Sir Gervaise.