"I--I'd best go and settle the score," James continued. "Couldn't think of asking you, Ma'am," he added, generously.
This delicacy made his aunt laugh the more.
"Go and settle the bill, Bowls," she said, with a wave of her hand, "and bring it to me."
Poor lady, she did not know what she had done! "There--there's a little dawg," said James, looking frightfully guilty. "I'd best go for him. He bites footmen's calves."
All the party cried out with laughing at this description; even Briggs and Lady Jane, who was sitting mute during the interview between Miss Crawley and her nephew: and Bowls, without a word, quitted the room.

"Go and settle the bill, Bowls," said Miss Crawley, with a wave of her hand, "and bring it to me."
"There - there's a little dawg," said James, looking frightfully guilty. "I'd best go for him. He bites footmen's calves."
All the party laughed; even Briggs and Lady Jane, who was sitting mute.
