Sentence:  [...] I could not but notice, with some degree of curiosity, the gradual approaches of one of these <WSD>"remorae</WSD>" of society into the good graces of as genuine an English family as ever left the fat fields of Suffolk to pay for peeping at foreign novelty. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. (from mid 16th c.)