"'Interest?' exclaimed I, starting from my reverie. 'What per cent, sir?'
"'Ma'am?' exclaimed my attendant, in the greatest possible amazement.
"'How much per cent, sir?' said I, repeating my question.
"His reply was lost on my ear save: 'Madam, at any rate do not trifle with my feelings.'
"'At any rate, did you say? Then take six per cent; that is the easiest to calculate.'"
Her style, too, has gone out of fashion; but in its day it was thought very amusing.
Mrs. Stowe needs no introduction, and she is another of those from whom we quote little, because she could contribute so much, and one does not know where to choose. Her "Sam Lawson" is, perhaps, the most familiar of her odd characters and talkers.