'Well, it is better surely to be all that than plain.'
'Cela dépend,' laughed Cousin Emily; 'it makes no difference to me.'
But Jerry knew that it did make a difference; however, he said—
'You, Emily, may well afford to hear any woman praised.'
'But what can Mr. Chevenix want with you, Jerry?' asked Lady Julia.
'Can't say, mater dear—business or some such bother, of course.'
'People of his class should wait till they are sent for.'
'His class?'
'Well; he is only a village attorney.'
'A very fine old man, who has had many business transactions with the governor before my time.'