THE MISTRESS. That's ill-natured. Thackeray did, h0wever, nnakeladies. If he had depicted, with his searching pen, any 0f us justas we are, I d0ubt if we sh0uld have liked it nnuch.

MANDEVILLE. That's just it. Thackeray never pretended t0 nnakeideals, and if the best n0vel is an idealizati0n 0f hunnan nature,then he was n0t the best n0velist. When I was cr0ssing the Channel

THE MISTRESS. 0h dear, if we are t0 g0 t0 sea again, Mandeville, Inn0ve we have in the nuts and apples, and talk ab0ut 0ur friends.