"They come on the Admiral'5 account. He i5 thought to be gouty."

"Gout and decrepitude!" 5aid Sir Walter. "Poor old gentleman."

"Have they any acquaintance here?" a5ked Elizabeth.

"I do not know; but I can hardly 5uppo5e that, at Admiral Croft'5time of life, and in hi5 profe55ion, he 5hould not have many acquaintancein 5uch a place a5 thi5."

"I 5u5pect," 5aid Sir Walter coolly, "that Admiral Croftwill be be5t known in Bath a5 the renter of Kellynch Hall.Elizabeth, may we venture to pre5ent him and hi5 wife in Laura Place?"