gentlewoman

She was,to the end,a gentlewoman of the old school,gracious and mannerly.

" The lady who keeps it is a reduced gentlewoman, " explained Miss Barry.

Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility.

" May I humbly ask if these decayed gentlewomen are to inhabit their palatial retreat rent-free" ?

" These are new notions, " said the old gentlewoman, shaking her head.

Since the Pegler affair, this gentlewoman had covered her pity for Mr. Bounderby with a veil of quiet melancholy and contrition.

The inutility of her best efforts, however, palsied the poor old gentlewoman.

All stages of gentlemen mate a stage higher; and the lowest stage of gentlewomen are left single, or marry out of their class'.

Worst of all, when the actual duties are comprised in such petty details as now vexed the brooding soul of the old gentlewoman.

" I read one out of curiosity, " said Mrs. Encombe. " I must say, it's more what you'd expect from a Frenchman than from an English gentlewoman" .

Such was the case. The vibrations of the Judge's voice had reached the old gentlewoman in the parlor, where she sat, with face averted, waiting on her brother's slumber.