The things we do!

I wonder my brother's spirit did not revolt against it. The
old lord used to keep a great sum of money at the bank, I believe: and
the present one does so still: he has paid all his debts off: and Barnes
is actually friends with him. He is always abusing the Dorkings, who want
to borrow money from the bank, he says. This eagerness for money is
horrible. If I had been Barnes I would never have been reconciled with
Mr. Belsize, never, never! And yet they say he was quite right: and
grandmamma is even pleased that Lord Highgate should be asked to dine in
Park Lane. Poor papa is there: come to attend his parliamentary duties as
he thinks. He went to a division the other night; and was actually lifted
out of his carriage and wheeled into the lobby in a chair. The ministers
thanked him for coming. I believe he thinks he will have his peerage yet.
Oh, what a life of vanity ours is!
Enter Madame de Moncontour. What are you young folks a-talkin' about--
balls and operas? When first I was took to the opera I did not like it--
and fell asleep.


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