"Then, Mr. Ashley—"
"Yes, madam."
"In future you will—"
"Care nothing for—"
"The person—"
"Who seems to me the concentration of folly and everything of that description—no, madam! In future I will carefully avoid her!"
And with this ambiguous speech, Mr. Ralph rose, begged Miss Sallianna to excuse him for a short time, and making her a low and devoted bow, took his way into the garden, and toward the spot where Fanny and Verty were sitting.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
VERTY STATES HIS PRIVATE OPINION OF MISS SALLIANNA.
Fanny complimented Mr. Ralph Ashley with a very indifferent bow, and went on talking with, or rather to, her companion Verty.