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IN THREE VOLUMES.
SECOND EDITION.
LONDON: HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
THE EXCLUSIVES.
THE CLOSING SCENE AT RESTORMEL.
On the evening previous to Lord Albert's departure, while Mr. Foley and Lady Hamlet Vernon were intently engaged in playing at chess, Lord Albert announced to Lady Ellersby his intention of leaving Restormel, and paid her the usual compliment of thanks for the honour she had done him in inviting him there.
"You have lost your queen," cried Mr. Foley, addressing Lady Hamlet Vernon, "now in two moves I will give you checkmate, lady fair. But see--what is the matter?--she is ill--she faints--lend assistance for heaven's sake!" Lord Albert flew towards the spot, and caught Lady Hamlet as she was falling to the ground. The usual remedies were applied; and when sufficiently recovered, the sufferer was carried to her room, apparently still unable to speak.
"I hate all scene-makers," said Lady Boileau; "if there is a thing I cannot bear, it is the getting up of a sentimental catastrophe.--Don't you, Mr. Leslie Winyard?--Don't you think it is the acm? of bad taste?"
"One may always command one's-self," observed Lady Baskerville.
"Spoken like an orator," said Mr. Spencer Newcombe; "and not only an orator, but a philosopher."
"I will bet you ten to one," cried Mr. Leslie Winyard, "that Lord Albert D'Esterre does not leave Restormel to-morrow."
"Done," said Mr. Spencer Newcombe.--
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