CHAPTER II.
'Well, Pauncefort,' said Lord Cadurcis, smiling, as he renewed his
acquaintance with his old friend, 'I hope you have not forgotten my
last words, and have taken care of your young lady.'
'Oh! dear, my lord,' said Mistress Pauncefort, blushing and simpering.
'Well to be sure, how your lordship has surprised us all! I thought we
were never going to see you again!'
'You know I told you I should return; and now I mean never to leave
you again.'
'Never is a long word, my lord,' said Mistress Pauncefort, looking
very archly.
'Ah! but I mean to settle, regularly to settle here,' said Lord
Cadurcis.
'Marry and settle, my lord,' said Mistress Pauncefort, still more
arch.
'And why not?' inquired Lord Cadurcis, laughing.
'That is just what I said last night,' exclaimed Mistress Pauncefort,
eagerly. 'And why not? for I said, says I, his lordship must marry
sooner or later, and the sooner the better, say I: and to be sure he
is very young, but what of that? for, says I, no one can say he does
not look quite a man. And really, my lord, saving your presence, you
are grown indeed.'
'Pish!' said Lord Cadurcis, turning away and laughing, 'I have left
off growing, Pauncefort, and all those sort of things.
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