'
'Oh, you are so fastidious!' rejoined her mamma; 'you must take men as you
find them.'
'I wonder where he lives?' observed Emily, who was quite ready to take our
friend as he was.
'I wonder where he _does_ live?' chimed in Mrs. Jawleyford, for the
suddenness of the descent had given them no time for inquiry. 'Somebody
said Manchester,' observed Miss Jawleyford drily.
'So much the better,' observed Mrs. Jawleyford, 'for then he is sure to
have plenty of money.'
'Law, ma! but you don't s'pose pa would ever allow such a thing,' retorted
Miss, recollecting her papa's frequent exhortations to them to look high.
'If he's a landowner,' observed Mrs. Jawleyford 'we'll soon find him out in
_Burke_. Emily, my dear,' added she, 'just go into your pa's room, and
bring me the _Commoners_--you'll find it on the large table between the
_Peerage_ and the _Wellington Despatches_.'
Emily tripped away to do as she was bid. The fair messenger presently
returned, bearing both volumes, richly bound and lettered, with the
Jawleyford crests studded down the backs, and an immense coat of arms on
the side.
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