"My girl ain't a bad one to look at, is she?" said the pleased father. "A
fellow might look far enough, and see not prettier than them two."
Charles sighed out that there was a German print, the "Two Leonoras,"
which put him in mind of their various styles of beauty.
"I wish I could paint them," said Clive.
"And why not, sir?" asks his host. "Let me give you your first commission
now, Mr Clive; I wouldn't mind paying a good bit for a picture of my
Julia. I forget how much old Smee got for Betsy's, the old humbug!"
Clive said it was not the will, but the power that was deficient. He
succeeded with men, but the ladies were too much for him as yet.
"Those you've done up at Albany Street Barracks are famous: I've seen
'em," said Mr. Sherrick; and remarking that his guest looked rather
surprised at the idea of his being in such company, Sherrick said, "What,
you think they are too great swells for me? Law bless you, I often go
there. I've business with several of 'em; had with Captain Belsize, with
the Earl of Kew, who's every inch the gentleman--one of nature's
aristocracy, and paid up like a man.
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