"Fact, sir," said the doctor; "and she relied on me for telling her if the cheat was successful——"
"And was it?" asked Durfy.
"Don't be in a hurry, Tom. I complied on one condition—namely, that I should be the painter."
"Oh, you villain!" cried Dick.
"A capital bargain!" said Tom Durfy.
"But not a safe covenant," added the attorney.
"Don't interrupt me, gentlemen," said the doctor. "I got some rose-pink accordingly, and I defy all the hosiers in Nottingham to make a tighter fit than I did on little Jinney; and a prettier pair of stockings I never saw."
"And she went to the ball?" said Dick.
"She did!"
"And the trick succeeded?" added Durfy.