'Did he really say that?' asked Mrs. B.; 'very amusing wasn't it, Colonel G.?'
'Amusing and complimentary too,' returned the Colonel.
'He must have been a delightful young man,' remarked Mrs. B.
'He was indeed, Mrs. B.,' said the young lady.
'But, come, tell us something more; don't be so stingy with your recollections: pray give us a little more.'
'I wish I could,' returned Miss F., 'but I've such a bad memory. Oh, I do call to mind. He said Miss Marks "went right well on her pasterns."'
'What an amusing fellow!' said the elder lady.
'You can't think what an amusing creature he was,' continued Miss F.
'I begin to have some notion,' replied Mrs. B.