"It would
hinder all the good to Mamma! I'll tell you what," he added, after a
confidential pause, "if we get beyond you, there's Mr. Carey."
"I thought you did not mean to get beyond me."
Sam looked a little disconcerted, and it struck her that, though he
would not say so, he was doubtful whether the Greville influence
might not render Henry unmanageable; but he quickly gave it another
turn. "Only you must not plague us about London manners."
"I don't know what you mean by London manners. Do you mean not
bawling at tea? for I mean to insist upon that, I assure you, and I
want you to help me."
"Oh! not being finikin, and mincing, and nonsensical!"
"I hope I'm not so!" said Miss Fosbrook, laughing heartily; "but I'll
tell you one thing, Sam, that I do wish you would leave off--and that
is teazing. I don't know whether that is country manners, but I
don't like to see a sensible kind fellow like you just go out of your
way to say something mortifying to a younger one."
"You don't know," said Sam. "It is fun. They like it."
"If they really like it, there is no objection.
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