"Whom did you ride with to-day, Fanny?" I inquired.
"A d——n sugar baker," said Alvanly.
"I rode out to-day," replied Fanny, reddening, "with a very respectable man of large fortune."
"Oh yes!" said Alvanly, "there is a good deal of money to be got in the sugar line."
"Why do not you article yourself then to a baker of it," I observed, "and so pay some of your debts?"
This was followed by a laugh, which Alvanly joined in with great good humour.
"What is his name?" inquired Luttrell.
"Mr. John Mitchel," answered Fanny. "He received his education at a public school, with Lord Alvanly."
"I do not recollect Mitchel," retorted Alvanly; "but I believe there were a good many grocers admitted at that time."