The things we do!

Should they meet on the steps of a church, on the flags of
'Change, or in the newspaper-room at Bays's, at evening-paper time, when
men most do congregate, Thomas the Colonel was determined upon exposing
and chastising his father's grandson. With Ethel's letter in his pocket,
he took his way into the City, penetrated into the unsuspecting
back-parlour of Hobson's bank, and was disappointed at first at only
finding his half-brother Hobson there engaged over his newspaper. The
Colonel signified his wish to see Sir Barnes Newcome. "Sir Barnes was not
come in yet. You've heard about the marriage," says Hobson. "Great news
for the Barnes's, ain't it? The head of the house is as proud as a
peacock about it. Said he was going out to Samuels, the diamond
merchants; going to make his sister some uncommon fine present. Jolly to
be uncle to a marquis, ain't it, Colonel? I'll have nothing under a duke
for my girls. I say, I know whose nose is out of joint. But young fellows
get over these things, and Clive won't die this time, I dare say.


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