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 LECTURE XVIII.

F I'm not to leave the house without being insulted, Mr. Caudle, I had better stay indoors all my life.

"What! Don't tell me to let you have one night's rest! I wonder at your impudence! It's mighty fine, I never can go out with you and—goodness knows!—it's seldom enough without having my feelings torn to pieces by people of all sorts. A set of bold minxes!

"What am I raving about?

"Oh, you know very well—very well, indeed, Mr. Caudle. A pretty person she must be to nod to a man