"I wish, my love, I could get somebody to play piquet with me," Miss Crawley said one night when this functionary made his appearance with the candles and the coffee. "Poor Briggs can no more play than an owl, she is so stupid" (the spinster always took an opportunity of abusing Briggs before the servants); "and I think I should sleep better if I had my game."

"I wish, my love, I could get somebody to play piquet with me," Miss Crawley said one night. "Poor Briggs can no more play than an owl, she is so stupid; and I think I should sleep better if I had my game."
