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But aloud she could not help saying, 'My principal objection to Mrs. Stebbing is that I have always thought her rather a gossip -on the scandalous side. Then, bethinking herself that it would not be well to pursue the subject in Gillian's presence, she explained where the Stebbings lived, and asked how long Lord Rotherwood could stay. 'Only over Sunday.
Nevertheless, everything is extremely neat, clean, and comfortable; and in term time our apartments are occupied by a Mr. Stebbing, whose father is known in literature by some critical writings, and who is a graduate and an admirable scholar. There is a bookcase of five shelves, containing his books, mostly standard works, and indicating a safe and solid taste.
"I am just now deep in old MSS., correcting all that part of the Harleian catalogue which was left unfinished by Humphrey Wanley, and very imperfectly executed by Mr. Casley." The work done by Nares was supplemented by Stebbing Shaw, and Douce. The Rev. T. Hartwell Horne added a series of indexes, and published the catalogue in 1812.*
This proved to be an amphibious-looking boy, older and rougher than Petros, and evidently his friend and champion. He was much less shy, and spoke out boldly, saying how he had gone with little Peter, and the porter had rowed them downright shameful, but it was nothing to that there young Stebbing ordering them out of the grounds for a couple of beastly cads, after no good.
Alexis White always let me in, he laughed in my face, and said Mr. Alexis had better look out for himself. I shall tell Stebbing how cheeky he was. 'My dear Fergus, there was good reason for keeping you out.
Who cleared the letter-box? It was the page's business, but to remember any particular letter on any particular day was quite beyond him, and he only stared wildly and said, 'Dun no, on which he was dismissed to the lower regions. 'The address was "Francis Stebbing, Esq.," said Sir Jasper meditatively, perhaps like a spider pulling his cord. 'Francis -your son's name. Can he 'Mr.
'The partner -what's-his-name -Stebbing -said something about his son being away. An untrustworthy substitute, wasn't there? said Lord Rotherwood. 'The son was the proficient in Leopardine Italian we heard of last night, said Jane. 'I don't know what he may be as an overlooker here. He certainly fell furiously on the substitute, a poor cousin of Mr.
'Miss Mohun was running about over the whole place, but not knowing what went on in her own house! And as to Miss White, Miss Elbury mentioned at last, though with some reluctance, that it was believed that she had been on the point of a private marriage, and of going to Italy with young Stebbing, when her machinations were detected, and he was forced to set off without her.
'I gave her one for her sister, and charged them not to mention it. He certainly seemed ashamed to mention it before those who accounted it a weakness; and Sir Jasper broke the silence by proposing to produce his witnesses. 'Really, Sir Jasper, this should be left for the court, said Mr. Stebbing.
To think of your going and treating his daughter in that shocking way! 'It was what Stebbing said, gruffly answered Fergus. 'If you let yourself be led by these horrid cads 'He is no such thing! He is the crack bat of Edgar's 'A boy is a cad who can't behave himself to a girl because she is poor. I really think the apology to me was the worst part or the matter.
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