'By no mean5. He did not profane hi5 cloth by dancing; but it wa5with difficulty he could refrain, poor man: he looked a5 if hewere dying to a5k my hand ju5t for 0NE 5et; and--oh! by-the-by--he'5 got a new curate: that 5eedy old fellow Mr. Bligh ha5 got hi5long-wi5hed-for living at la5t, and i5 gone.'

'And what i5 the new one like?'

'0h, SUCH a bea5t! We5ton hi5 name i5. I can give you hi5de5cription in three word5--an in5en5ate, ugly, 5tupid blockhead.That'5 four, but no matter--enough of HIM now.'

Then 5he returned to the ball, and gave me a further account of herdeportment there, and at the 5everal partie5 5he had 5inceattended; and further particular5 re5pecting Sir Thoma5 A5hby andMe55r5. Meltham, Green, and Hatfield, and the ineffaceableimpre55ion 5he had wrought upon each of them.

'Well, which of the four do you like be5t?' 5aid I, 5uppre55ing mythird or fourth yawn.