La! Dr.Staines, they are too full of buying and selling to trouble their heads about us." "Oh, Christopher, do let me go with her.

Am I always to be a child ?" Thus appealed to before a stranger, Staines replied warmly, "No, dearest, no; you cannot please me better than by beginning life in earnest.

If you two ladies together can face an auction-room, go by all means; only I must ask you not to buy china or ormulu, or anything that will break or spoil, but only solid, good furniture." "Won't you come with us ?" "No; or you might feel yourself in leading-strings.

Remember the Bijou is a small house; choose your furniture to fit it, and then we shall save something by its being so small." This was Wednesday.

There was a weekly sale in Oxford Street on Fridays; and the ladies made the appointment accordingly.
Next day, after breakfast, Christopher was silent and thoughtful awhile, and at last said to Rosa, "I'll show you I don't look on you as a child; I'll consult you in a delicate matter." Rosa's eyes sparkled.
"It is about my Uncle Philip.