"Joseph wants me to see if his—his buggy is at the door. What is a buggy, Papa?"
"It is a one-horse palanquin," said the old gentleman,who was a wag in his way.
Joseph at this burst out into a wild fit of laughter; in which, encountering the eye of Miss Sharp, he stopped all of a sudden, as if he had been shot.
"This young lady is your friend? Miss Sharp, I am very happy to see you. Have you and Emmy been quarrelling already with Joseph, that he wants to be off?"
