Book 2

, chap. xxiii.]

[Illustration: "HE COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER NURSE TO BRING HIM ROUND," MR. SPARKLER MADE BOLD TO OPINE.... "FOR A WONDER I CAN AGREE WITH YOU," RETURNED HIS WIFE, LANGUIDLY TURNING HER EYELIDS A LITTLE IN HIS DIRECTION, "AND CAN ADOPT YOUR WORDS"--