He was flattered.
"Now I'd just love to see if you look as nice with it in the left eye."
The obedient young man, mollified by her flattery, did all he was told, while I made good use of my eyes, and the company were becoming so hilarious that they could hardly conceal their merriment while the girl went on.
"It's really wonderful how effective it is, and how it suits you equally in either eye."
Thinking he had made an impression, "Piggy" took her into a corner and made himself most fascinating, assiduously retaining the eyeglass all the time.
"He seems to be getting on very well," said one of the guests to me, in an undertone.
LORD HALDON, 1882.
I was about to reply when Lord Haldon turned to me and said:—