"Thank your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy; "quite satisfactory. Now--I--dash it!--The fact is that I put down a head or two here of the order of the points I thought of touching upon, and they're written short, and I can't quite make out what they mean. If your ladyship will excuse me taking it to the window half a moment, I--"

"Thank your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy; "Now - dash it! I wrote down here the points I thought of touching upon, and I can't quite make them out." 