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'At just a table here and there,' suggested his friend

'No;--it is not that You can keep your house free from him, and so can I e They who do set the exao to his feasts, and of course he is seen at theirs in return And yet these leaders of the fashion know,--at any rate they believe,--that he is what he is because he has been a swindler greater than other swindlers What follows as a natural consequence? Men reconcile theh they theer odious to the rich with the approval of all the world,--and the natural aptitude to do what all the world approves It seems to me that the existence of a Meleneral'

Roger dined with the Bishop of El, and the saiven £200,' said the Bishop, 'to the Curates' Aid Society I don't know that a man could spend his er, who in his present mood was very bitter

'The money is not clap-trap, my friend I presume that the money is really paid'

'I don't feel at all sure of that'

'Our collectors for clerical charities are usually stern men,--very ready tosubscribers I think they would take care to get the ot in that way redounds to his credit?'

'Such a gift shows him to be a usefuluseful h their own objectsever so et into Parliament, and if there would vote on the side which you at any rate approve I do not know that his object in that respect is pernicious And as a seat in Parliament has been a matter of ambition to the best of our countrymen for centuries, I do not knoe should say that it is vile in this er frowned and shook his head 'Of course Mr Melentle meing'