"A good thing too, little countess," said "Uncle," "only mind you don`t fall off your horse," he added, "becausethat`s it, come on!you`ve nothing to hold on to."

"The doubt is flattering," said "the man of profound intellect," with a subtle smile.

‘Reasonable, certainly!’ muttered Mr Nickleby to himself, as he walked on, ‘very reasonable! My brother never did anything for me, and I never expected it; the breath is no sooner out of his body than I am to be looked to, as the support of a great hearty woman, and a grown boy and girl. What are they to me! I never saw them.’