The things we do!

The gentleman
advances towards me with a military stride, and says, "How do you do, Mr.
Pendennis? How's our young friend, the painter?" I answer Lord Highgate
civilly enough, whereas my wife will scarce speak a word in reply to Lady
Clara Newcome.
Lady Clara asked us to her ball, which my wife declined altogether to
attend. Sir Barnes published a series of quite splendid entertainments on
the happy occasion of his sister's betrothal. We read the names of all
the clan Farintosh in the Morning Post, as attending these banquets. Mr.
and Mrs. Hobson Newcome, in Bryanstone Square, gave also signs of
rejoicing at their niece's marriage. They had a grand banquet followed by
a tea, to which latter amusement the present biographer was invited. Lady
Anne, and Lady Kew and her granddaughter, and the Baronet and his wife,
and my Lord Highgate and Sir George Tufto attended the dinner; but it was
rather a damp entertainment. "Farintosh," whispers Sam Newcome, "sent
word just before dinner that he had a sore throat, and Barnes was as
sulky as possible.


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