Page:Crotchet Castle - Peacock (1831).djvu/110

 firm you in their possession for half-a-guinea a piece.

Truly, the praise of such gentry must be a feather in any one's cap.

So you will see, some morning, that my novel is "the most popular production of the day." This is Mr. Puffall's favorite phrase. He makes the newspapers say it of every thing he publishes. But "the day," you know, is a very convenient phrase; it allows of three hundred and sixty-five "most popular productions" in a year. And in leap-year one more.