'
'What did you think of little Eugenie, Annesley, last night?' asked the
Duke.
'Well, very well, indeed; something like Brocard's worst.'
'I was a little disappointed in her debut, and much interested in her
success. She was rather a favourite of mine in Paris, so I invited her
to the Alhambra yesterday, with Claudius Piggott and some more. I had
half a mind to pull you in, but I know you do not much admire Piggott.'
'On the contrary, I have been in Piggott's company without being much
offended.'
'I think Piggott improves,' said Lord Darrell. 'It was those waistcoats
which excited such a prejudice against him when he first came over.'
'What! a prejudice against Peacock Piggott!' said Lord Squib; 'pretty
Peacock Piggott! Tell it not in Gath, whisper it not in Ascalon; and,
above all, insinuate it not to Lady de Courcy.'
'There is not much danger of my insinuating anything to her,' said Mr.
Annesley.
'Your compact, I hope, is religiously observed,' said the Duke.
'Yes, very well. There was a slight infraction once, but I sent Charles
Fitzroy as an ambassador, and war was not declared.
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