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"Well, this is droll enough !" cried Miss Bydel, palpably enchanted, though trying to look displeased; "only I hope you have not told Mr. Scope 'twas I that sent you for him, Mr. Gooch? for, I assure you, Mr. Scope, I would not do such a thing for the world. I should think it quite improper. Besides, what will Miss Matson and the young milliners say? Who knows but you may have set them a prating, Mr. Gooch? It's no joke, I can assure you, doing things of this sort."
"I'm sure, Ma'am," said Gooch, "I thought you wanted to see the 'Squire; for I did not do it in the least to make game."
"There can be no doubt, Madam," said Mr. Scope, somewhat offended, "that all descriptions of sport are not, at all times, advisable. For, in small societies, as in great states, if I may be permitted to compare little things with great ones, danger often lurks unseen, and mischief breaks out from trifles. In
