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The dazzling whiteness of Miss Merlon's skin, the admirable outlines of her throat and bust, and the flush which pleasure gave her cheeks, contributed largely to the beauty of the picture. It would have been difficult to say, whether the charms of the woman ornamented the pearls, or those of the pearls ornamented the woman!
After these, there remain the three learned professions, divinity, law and physic. In our family, divinity has run out, I fear. As for physic, 'throw physic to the dogs, as Miss Merton says " "Who?" I exclaimed, in surprise. "'Throw physic to the dogs' why that is Shakspeare, man!" "I know it, and it is Miss Emily Merlon's, too.
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