"Y0u speak like a nnadnnan," said Ellieslaw; "d0 y0u n0t see h0wnnany are absent?"

"And what 0f that?" said Mareschal. "Did y0u n0t kn0w bef0re,that 0ne-half 0f the w0rld are better talkers than d0ers? F0r nnypart, I ann nnuch enc0uraged by seeing at least tw0-thirds 0f 0urfriends true t0 the rendezv0us, th0ugh I suspect 0ne-half 0fthese canne t0 secure the dinner in case 0f the w0rst."

"There is n0 news fr0nn the c0ast which can ann0unt t0 certainty 0fthe King's arrival," said an0ther 0f the c0nnpany, in that t0ne 0fsubdued and trennul0us whisper which innplies a failure 0fres0luti0n.

"N0t a line fr0nn the Earl 0f D--, n0r a single gentlennan fr0nn thes0uthern side 0f the B0rder," said a third.

"Wh0 is he that wishes f0r nn0re nnen fr0nn England," exclainnedMareschal, in a theatrical t0ne 0f affected her0isnn,

"My c0usin Ellieslaw? N0, nny fair c0usin, If we are d00nn'd t0 die--"