["THE LOVELY JENNINGS," DUCHESS OF TYRCONNEL]
A SPLENDID FAILURE OF THE RESTORATION
IF the fairies, as is believed in fairyland, come to christenings, we have a fancy that five were present at Frances Jennings's, and that each in turn addressed her thus in fairy fashion, as they clustered round her with their gifts:—
"I bring thee Coquetry, it shall gain thee hearts."
"I bring thee Malice, it shall gain thee enemies."
"I bring thee Virtue, it shall gain thee respect."
"I bring thee Ambition, it shall gain thee power."
"And I," frowned the Wicked Fairy—it is de rigueur that there should be a wicked fairy at christenings—"I bring thee Beauty; thou shalt lose it and all that thou gainest from the gifts of the others."