God bless you for thinking of it!" But he ordered her a set of sapphires instead, for the next assembly.
These balls were not such as to intoxicate Ellinor with success, and make her in love with gaiety.

Large parties came from the different country- houses in the neighbourhood, and danced with each other.

When they had exhausted the resources they brought with them, they had generally a few dances to spare for friends of the same standing with whom they were most intimate.

Ellinor came with her father, and joined an old card-playing dowager, by way of a chaperone--the said dowager being under old business obligations to the firm of Wilkins and Son, and apologizing to all her acquaintances for her own weak condescension to Mr.Wilkins's foible in wishing to introduce his daughter into society above her natural sphere.
It was upon this lady, after she had uttered some such speech as the one I have just mentioned, that Lady Holster had come down with the pedigree of Ellinor's mother.

But though the old dowager had drawn back a little discomfited at my lady's reply, she was not more attentive to Ellinor in consequence.