. Denis Duval, Lovel the widower, The Wolves and the lamb, The second funeral of Napoleon ... with illustrations by the author and by Frederick Walker . not heard, says Cissy. Shouldnt little boys be seenand not heard, Miss Prior? They shouldnt insult their grandmothers. O myCecilia—my Cecilia! cries Lady Baker, lifting herhand. You shant hit me! I say, you shant hit me! roarsPop, starting back, and beginning to square at his en-raged ancestress. The scene was growing there was that rascal of a Bedford choking withsuppressed laughter at the sideboard. Bulkeley, herladyshijis man, s
. Denis Duval, Lovel the widower, The Wolves and the lamb, The second funeral of Napoleon ... with illustrations by the author and by Frederick Walker . not heard, says Cissy. Shouldnt little boys be seenand not heard, Miss Prior? They shouldnt insult their grandmothers. O myCecilia—my Cecilia! cries Lady Baker, lifting herhand. You shant hit me! I say, you shant hit me! roarsPop, starting back, and beginning to square at his en-raged ancestress. The scene was growing there was that rascal of a Bedford choking withsuppressed laughter at the sideboard. Bulkeley, herladyshijis man, stood calm as fate; but young Buttonsburst out in a guifaw; on which, I assure you, LadyBaker looked as savage as Lady Macbeth. Am I to be insulted by my daughters servants?cries Lady Baker. I will leave the house this instant. At what hour will your ladyship have the barouche?says Bedford, with perfect gravity. If Mr. Drencher had whipped out a lancet and bled Lady B on the spot, he would have done her good. I shall draw the curtain over this sad—this humiliatingscene. Drop, little curtain! on this absurd little act. CHAPTER IV A BLACK SHEEP. HE being for whommy friend Dick Bedford seemed tohave a special con-tempt and aver-sion, was , thetall footmanin attendanceupon Lovelsdear mother-in-law. Oneof the causesof Bedfordswrath the worthy fellow explained to me. In the ser-vants hall, Bulkeley was in the habit of speaking indisrespectful and satirical terms of his mistress, enlarg-ing upon her many foibles, and describing her pecun-iary difficulties to the many habitues of that secondsocial circle at Shrublands. The hold which Mr. Bulk-eley had over his lady lay in a long unsettled account ofwages, which her ladyship M^as quite disinclined to dis-charge. And, in spite of this insolvency, the footmanmust have found his profit in the place, for he con- 282 A BLACK SHEEP 283 tinued to hold it from year to year, and to fatten on hisearnings, such as they were. My ladys
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