New history of Standford and Merton; being a true account of the adventures of masters Tommy and Harry, with their beloved tutor, MrBarlow . to another, andcaught an occasional glimpse of his friend; heUttle knows how they are laughing at hisawkward manner and vulgar appearance, and hehimself seems, luckily for him, to be joining in the jest. It was not until, at the request of his Tommy had mounted on a table to declaimMy name is Norml, (which he premised, as youhave not already heard it, I will now proceed torecite,) that the wrapt auditory burst out intoan immoderate fit of l
New history of Standford and Merton; being a true account of the adventures of masters Tommy and Harry, with their beloved tutor, MrBarlow . to another, andcaught an occasional glimpse of his friend; heUttle knows how they are laughing at hisawkward manner and vulgar appearance, and hehimself seems, luckily for him, to be joining in the jest. It was not until, at the request of his Tommy had mounted on a table to declaimMy name is Norml, (which he premised, as youhave not already heard it, I will now proceed torecite,) that the wrapt auditory burst out intoan immoderate fit of laughter, and Mrs. Mertonseizing her son round the waist, dashed with himfrom the room, followed closely by her agonisedhusband and the country practitioner, who beganpulling from his pocket his case of surgical instru-ments as he rushed out at the drawing-room door. During their absence the suspense was almostintolerable, and Harry, who could not beholdthe moist eyes of the ladies without being deeply SANDFORD AND MERTON. 101 affected, retired behind the laurel bushes, androared with laughter. When he returned to the saloon, Tommy was. back again among them, ahve and well, andattired in a bran new pair of trowsers of a ricliJamaica pattern, woven out of the finest silk, andwas offering his arm, with all the grace and polite-ness of a Louis Quinze, to liis partner, whom hewas to escort into the luncheon-room. 102 THE NEW HISTORY OF During this meal, Mr. Barlow, who was the lifeand soul of the merry party, found several con-venient opportunities of distributing his cardsamong the visitors. He stuck them on the rimsof the plates, on ladies fans, on the bald pateof an elderly gentleman, who, he said, Avouldfind his (Mr. Barlows) educational system, goodfor his heir And as he had, with sundry signi-ficant glances, intimated that he was reserving hischoicest anecdote until after the withdrawal ofthe ladies, upon the fair portion of the companyquitting the apartment, Mr. Barlow compli
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