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**She cannot fail of being wretched with Smith." 



" Impossible ! '* said Twigg. 



" He is a worthy man," said Saville, muttering to himself. 



*' Very, Sir," said Twigg. 



" But not suited to herT 



" By no means," said Twigg. 



" He 's sixty-three at least." 



" Yes, Sir, full sixty-three," said Twigg, 



" That, to be sure, is not so very old." 



" No, Sir," said Twigg, " not so very old ." 



" Too old for a girl of nineteen." 



" Oh ! much too old, Sir," said Twigg. 



" I believe she is fond of wze," said Saville — like a fool. 



" Very, Sir," said Twigg — like a knave. 



" Do you think so Twigg ? " said Saville. 



« I do. Sir," replied Twigg. 



" How d' ye know ? '^ 



"Umph ! I do n't know,^- said Twigg; "servants talk, Sir." 



"To be sure they do — very proper they should." 



" Very, Sir." 



"Did Miss Franklin's maid ever touch upon the subject with 

 you?" 



" Do what. Sir ? " said Twigg. 



" Speak of her young lady's affection for me ? " 



" In course, Sir," said Twigg, " what I say to you upon that, 

 won't go to the old lady ? " 



" Certainly not." 



" Well," said Twigg, " we have argued it over now and then ; 

 and one night as we were sitting in the servants' hall — for there 's 

 no second table at Mrs. Franklin's — Thomas the footman comes 

 to the door, and he says, says he to me, ^ Saville, you 're wanted.' '' 



" Saville ? " said Charles, " Twigg, you mean." 



"I mean Twigg, Sir," replied he; "but we are always called 

 after our master's names — it saves trouble. * Saville,' says he 

 * you 're wanted.' *Ah,' says Miss Johnstone, Miss Harriet's 

 maid, says she, ^ the time is n't far distant, I think, when we shall 

 all be united in one establishment.' " 



"That looks ominous," said Saville. 



"Very, Sir," answered Twigg. 



" And with that, Sir," continued Twigg, " we began talking of 

 one foolish thing and another, and at last we talked about 3/0M, 

 and I thought— thinks I — if my master marries Miss Franklin — " 



