Would they have been taken in by a commoner?
What old lady is there, my dear sir, who would take in you and me, were we ever so ill to do, and comfort us, and clothe us, and give us her money, and her silver forks?
Alas and alas! what mortal man that speaks the truth can hope for such a landlady?
And yet, all these instances of fond and credulous Snobbishness have occurred in the same week's paper, with who knows how many score more?
Just as we had concluded the above remarks comes a pretty little note sealed with a pretty little butterfly--bearing a northern postmark--and to the following effect:-- '19th November.
'Mr.Punch,--'Taking great interest in your Snob Papers, we are very anxious to know under what class of that respectable fraternity you would designate us.
'We are three sisters, from seventeen to twenty-two.

Our father is HONESTLY AND TRULY of a very good family (you will say it is Snobbish to mention that, but I wish to state the plain fact); our maternal grandfather was an Earl.' (1) 'We CAN afford to take in a stamped edition of YOU, and all Dickens' works as fast as they come out, but we do NOT keep such a thing as a PEERAGE or even a BARONETAGE in the house.
'We live with every comfort, excellent cellar, &c.

&c.; but as we cannot well afford a butler, we have a neat table-maid (though our father was a military man, has travelled much, been in the best society, &c.) We HAVE a coachman and helper, but we don't put the latter into buttons, nor make them wait at table, like Stripes and Tummus.' (2) 'We are just the same to persons with a handle to their name as to those without it.

We wear a moderate modicum of crinoline, (3)and are never limp (4) in the morning.

We have good and abundant dinners on CHINA though we have plate (5), and just as good when alone as with company.
'Now, my dear MR.