Now, though master was a scoundrill and no mistake, he was a gentlemin, and a man of good breading; and miss CAME A LITTLE TOO STRONG (pardon the wulgarity of the xpression) with her hardor and attachmint, for one of his taste.

Besides, she had a crookid spine, and a squint; so that (supposing their fortns tolrabbly equal) Deuceace reely preferred the mother-in-law.
Now, then, it was his bisniss to find out which had the most money.

With an English famly this would have been easy: a look at a will at Doctor Commons'es would settle the matter at once.

But this India naybob's will was at Calcutty, or some outlandish place; and there was no getting sight of a coppy of it.

I will do Mr.Algernon Deuceace the justass to say, that he was so little musnary in his love for Lady Griffin, that he would have married her gladly, even if she had ten thousand pounds less than Miss Matilda.