Remember, I did not say, _sweet_
lips."
"Worse and worse. I will abandon the lectures for the future, for, I
perceive, that to complain to a gentleman of his using compliments, only
induces him to make a dozen more, in order to atone for his first
offence."
The young people's _tete a tete_ was interrupted by Miss Dorothea, who
hated to hear any one talk but herself, asking Mr. Anthony, "If it were
true that he was studying for the Church?" On his replying in the
affirmative, she continued: "Your father, Mr. Anthony, is determined to
let nothing go out of the family. One would have thought that you could
have afforded to have lived like an independent gentleman."
Anthony, who was unfortunately very sensitive on this subject, colored
deeply as he replied,
"My choice of a profession, madam, was not so much in accordance with my
father's wishes as with my own."
"Well, I must say that I think it a strange choice for a young man of
fortune."
"I made choice of that mode of life, in which I hoped to be of most use
to my fellow creatures. The fortune to which you allude, Miss Whitmore,
may never be mine."
"Yes, yes; I see you are determined to look out for the main chance,"
continued his ill-natured tormentor. "But, to do you justice, young man,
I think nature made you for a parson."
This speech was greatly relished by Godfrey, who burst into a loud
laugh.
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