"It _is_ rather scandalous in her to get the better of elder members," said Mr. Gascoigne, with much inward satisfaction curling his short upper lip. "But it is not my doing, my lord. I only meant her to make a tolerable figure, without surpassing any one."

"It is rather scandalous in her," said Mr. Gascoigne, with much inward satisfaction. "But it is not my doing, my lord."
