' And then he referred,
Richard (so nicely), to your faithful and devoted attachment--"
"Excuse me, Lavinia. I began with Richard's attachment, and then I got
on to her establishment in life."
"Excuse _me_, Joseph. You managed it much more delicately than you
suppose. You didn't drag Richard in by the head and shoulders in that
way."
"Lavinia! I began with Richard."
"Joseph! your memory deceives you."
Turlington's impatience broke through all restraint.
"How did it end?" he asked. "Did you propose to her that we should be
married in the first week of the New Year?"
"Yes!" said Miss Lavinia.
"No!" said Sir Joseph.
The sister looked at the brother with an expression of affectionate
surprise. The brother looked at the sister with a fund of amiable
contradiction, expressed in a low bow.
"Do you really mean to deny, Joseph, that you told Natalie we had
decided on the first week in the New Year?"
"I deny the New Year, Lavinia. I said early in January."
"You _will_ have your way, Joseph! We were walking in the shrubbery at
the time.
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