'
'Could you make them hear reason?'
'They were inclined to be rather impertinent,' said Mr. Devereux.
'Old Mrs. Gage--'
'Oh!' interrupted Jane, 'there is no hope for you if the sour Gage is
in the pie.'
'The sour Gage told me people were not so particular in her younger
days, and perhaps they should not have the child christened at all,
since I was such a CONTRARY gentleman. Tom Naylor was not at home, I
am to see him to-morrow.'
'Well, I do not think Tom Naylor is as bad as the rest,' said Lily;
'he would have been tolerable, if he had married any one but Martha
Gage.'
'Yes, he is an open good-natured fellow, and I have hopes of making
an impression on him.'
'If not,' said Lily, 'I hope papa will take away his custom.'
'What?' said Mr. Mohun, who always heard any mention of himself. Mr.
Devereux repeated his history, and discussed the matter with his
uncle, only once interrupted by an inquiry from Jane about the
child's name, a point on which she could gain no intelligence. His
report the next day was not decidedly unfavourable, though he
scarcely hoped the christening would be so soon as Tuesday. He had
not seen the father, and suspected he had purposely kept out of the
way.
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