"She supposes we have family affairs to speak about, I dare say. She is very modest. It is a fine quality in a young woman. And scarcer," says Mrs. Rouncewell, expanding her stomacher to its utmost limits, "than it formerly was!"

"She supposes we have family affairs to speak about, I dare say. She is very modest - a fine quality in a young woman. And scarcer than it formerly was!" 