[Gutenberg 54864] • Rank and Talent; A Novel, Vol. 3 (of 3)

Excerpt from Rank and Talent, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel

Lady B. Is a great simpleton. I wonder how she contrives to fill her rooms. Shan't let my daughter be seen in such company. Coun tess of C.! Never saw such a vulgar woman. Talks one to death; asks the same question ten times. Lady D.-I don't like Lady D. Very impertinent woman: only invites my family to make a show of them. She'll stare poor little Clara quite out of countenance. Stay, st0p, Sampson, Sampson! Oh, let me see! The soap boiler; ay, he is a quiet sensible man; gives a good dinner now and then: great fool though to be knighted but that was his wife's doing.

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