Hawbuck, on his part, gives himself patronizing airs to General Sago, who looks upon the Pontos as little better than paupers.

'Old Lady Blanche,' says Ponto, 'I hope will leave something to her god-daughter--my second girl--we've all of us half-poisoned ourselves with taking her physic.' Lady Blanche and Lady Rose Fitzague have, the first, a medical, and the second a literary turn.

I am inclined to believe the former had a wet COMPRESSE around her body, on the occasion when I had the happiness of meeting her.

She doctors everybody in the neighbourhood of which she is the ornament; and has tried everything on her own person.

She went into Court, and testified publicly her faith in St.John Long: she swore by Doctor Buchan, she took quantities of Gambouge's Universal Medicine, and whole boxfuls of Parr's Life Pills.