SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO., 66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE. 1863. [The right of translation is reserved.] 250. l. 102. SUCH THINGS ARE. CHAPTER I. 'La vertu n'iroit pas si loin, si la vanité ne lui tenoit pas compagnie.'-ROCHEFOUCAULD. WE left Miss Llewellen and her not overwilling escort, Mr. Raynham Fletcher-or Fletcher per se, as the owner of the joint names greatly preferred being called-we left the pair then of middle-aged pedestrians, toiling up the steep ascent that led, not to fame, but to the marine villa appertaining for the nonce to an extremely indigent, but (by themselves) not the less wellconsidered Co.' Mr. Fletcher not only was, but had for no inconsiderable period been regarded by his VOL. III. B |