u by the lord harry he ll have enough of it first and last he d open his eyes that boy would if he knew how empty of learning my young was at his time of life which by the by he probably did know for he had heard of it often enough but it s extraordinary the difficulty i have on scores of such subjects in speaking to any one on equal terms here for example i have been speaking to you this morning about why what do you know about at the time when to have been a in the mud of the streets would have been a to me a prize in the to me you were at the italian opera you were coming out of the italian opera ma am in white satin and jewels a blaze of splendor when i hadn t a penny to buy a link to light you i certainly sir returned mrs with a dignity serenely mournful was familiar with the italian opera at a very early age ma am so was i said � with the wrong side of it a hard bed the pavement of its used to make i assure you people like you ma am accustomed from infancy to lie on down feathers have no idea how hard a stone is without trying it no no it s of no use my talking to you about i should speak of foreign dancers and the west end of london and may fair and lords and ladies and hard times i trust sir rejoined mrs with decent resignation it is not necessary that you should do anything of that kind i hope i have learnt how to accommodate myself to the changes of life if i have acquired an interest in hearing of your instructive experiences and can scarcely hear enough of them i claim no merit for that since i believe it is a general sentiment well ma am said her patron perhaps some people may be pleased to say that they do like to hear in his own way what of has gone through but you must confess that you were born in the lap of luxury yourself come ma am you know you were born in the lap of luxury i do not sir returned mrs with a shake of her head deny it mr was obliged to get up from table and stand with his back to the fire looking at her she was such an of his position and you were in crack society devilish high society he said warming his legs it is true sir returned mrs with an affectation of humility the very opposite of his and therefore in no danger of it you were in the fashion and all the rest of it said mr yes sir returned mrs with a kind of social upon her it is unquestionably true mr bending himself at the knees literally embraced his legs in his great satisfaction and laughed aloud mr and miss being then announced he received the former with a shake of the hand and the latter with a kiss vol i hard times can be sent here asked mr certainly so was sent there on coming in she to mr and to his friend tom and also to but in her confusion omitted mrs observing this the had the following remarks to make now i tell you what my girl the name of that lady by the is mrs that lady acts as mistress of this house and she is a highly connected lady consequently if ever you come again into any room in this house you will make a short stay in it if you don t behave towards that lady in your most respectful manner now i don t care a button what you do to me because i don t affect to be anybody so far from having high connections i have no connections at all and i come of the of the earth but towards that lady i do care what you do and you shall do what is and respectful or you shall not come here i hope said mr in a voice that this was merely an my friend tom suggests mrs said that this was merely an very likely however as you are aware ma am i don t allow of even towards you you are very good indeed sir returned mrs shaking her head with her state of humility it is not worth speaking of who all this time had been faintly herself with tears in her eyes was now waved over by the master of the house to mr she stood looking intently at him and stood coldly by with her eyes upon the ground while he proceeded thus hard times u i have made up my mind to take you into my house and when you are not in attendance at the school to employ you about mrs who is rather an invalid i have explained to miss � this is miss � the miserable but natural end of your late career and you are to expressly understand that the whole of that subject is past and is not to be referred to any more from this time you begin your history you are at present ignorant i know yes sir very she answered i shall have the satisfaction of causing you to be strictly educated and you will be a living proof to all who come into communication with you of the advantages of the training you will receive you will be and formed you have been in the habit now of reading to your father and those people i found you among i dare say said mr her nearer to him before he said so and dropping his voice only to father and sir at least i mean to father when was always there never mind said mr with 