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'Pray, letladies

'Pray, let me put this water to her lips,' said the shorter, who had not

spoken yet Each doing what she suggested, there was no want of assistance Indeed,

when the two maids came in (escorted by the courier, lest any one should

strike thee to them on the road),

there was a prospect of tooas

er of the two ladies,

the gentleman put his wife's arm over his shoulder, lifted her up, and

carried her away His friend, being left alone with the other visitors, walked slowly up

and down the roo his black

moustache in a contemplative manner, as if he felt himself committed

to the late retort While the subject of it was breathing injury in a

corner, the Chief loftily addressed this gentleman

'Your friend, sir,' said he, 'is--ha--is a little impatient; and, in

his impatience, is not perhaps fully sensible of what he owes