he’samagistrateatBudgebudge，andsuretobeincouncilinfiveyears。Well，sir，theArtillerygaveaball，andQuintin，oftheKing’s14th，saidtome，’Sedley，’saidhe，’IbetyouthirteentotenthatSophyCutlerhookseitheryouorMulligatawneybeforetherains。’’Done，’
saysI；andegad，sir——thisclaret’sverygood。Adamson’sorCarbonell’s？”
Aslightsnorewastheonlyreply：thehoneststockbrokerwasasleep，andsotherestofJoseph’sstorywaslostforthatday。Buthewasalwaysexceedinglycommunicativeinaman’sparty，andhastoldthisdelightfultalemanyscoresoftimestohisapothecary，Dr。Gollop，whenhecametoinquireabouttheliverandtheblue-pill。
Beinganinvalid，JosephSedleycontentedhimselfwithabottleofclaretbesideshisMadeiraatdinner，andhemanagedacoupleofplatesfullofstrawberriesandcream，andtwenty-fourlittleroutcakesthatwerelyingneglectedinaplatenearhim，andcertainlyfornovelistshavetheprivilegeofknowingeverything
hethoughtagreatdealaboutthegirlupstairs。”Anice，gay，merryyoungcreature。”thoughthetohimself。”HowshelookedatmewhenIpickedupherhandkerchiefatdinner！Shedroppedittwice。Who’sthatsinginginthedrawing-room？’Gad！shallIgoupandsee？”