John Leech and other papers

Mystifications. 127
' I suppose it would not be necessary for the gentle-
man to change his name.'
' It would be weel worth his while, sir ; she has a
very gude estate, and she 's a very bonnie lassie, and
she 's equally related baith to Airlie and Strathmore ;
and a' body in our part of the world ca's her the
" Rosebud of Pitlyal."'
Mr. Jeffrey smiled as his eyes met the glance of
the beautiful flower that was so happily placed before
him ; but the Rosebud herself returned no sign of
intelligence.
A pause in the conversation now ensued, which
was interrupted by her ladyship asking Mr. Jeffrey
to tell her where she could procure a set of fanse
teeth.
' What V said he, with an expression of astonish-
ment, while the whole frame of the young lady shook
with some internal emotion.
' A set of fause teeth,' she repeated, and was again
echoed by the interrogation, 'What?'
A third time she asked the question, and in a
more audible key ; when he replied with a kind of
suppressed laugh, ' There is Mr. Nasmyth, north
corner of St. Andrew Square, a very great dentist,
and there is Mr. Hutchins, corner of Hanover and
George Street.'
She requested he would give her their names on a
slip of paper. He rose and walked to the table,