CHAPTER XIX.
"I trust I may be permitted to have an opinion of my own."
Commonplace in Domestic Dialogue.
"He who judges of other days by the feelings of his own, is like one who would adapt a Polar dress to the climate of the Tropics."
James's History of Chivalry.
"Were you entertained at the play last night?" said Lady Mandeville, who, apart from the other callers, had formed a little circle of Emily, Lorraine, and Mr. Morland.
Edward Lorraine.—"Allow me to answer for you; Miss Arundel was delighted, for she was superlatively miserable—and the pleasure of a tragedy is to be measured by its sorrow."
Emily.—"I never saw a tragedy before, and, to use one of Mr. Lorraine's own expressions, novelty is the secret of enjoyment; and I liked Miss Fanny Kemble so much."
Mr. Morland.—"Excepting as matter of pedigree, our ancestors are exceedingly in the
