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 *the marchioness," said Miss Hamilton; "she is an excellent wife, mother, and mistress of a family, pretty miss, a pattern to her rank and sex. If all were to take example by her, Doctors' Commons would starve; but I do not suppose you know any thing of them sort of things yet, miss." Miss Mortimer now observed a lady of a fine shape, with a most fascinating countenance, and applying to Mr. Chatter, this communicative person very readily gave her information, prefaced with a hem, and the hem accompanied with a shrug of the shoulders, "that's a lady of quality too, very different from the marchioness; she is the countess of a Cockatrice, evil tongues don't stick to say;but my lord is a good, easy man, not at all exceptious, and if he is pleased, nobody else has a right to be displeased. She has daughters grown up and married,—that is one