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Grizzle, who, since her arrival in the country, had been
engrossed by a double care, namely, that of finding a suitable
match for her brother, and a comfortable yoke-fellow for herself.
Neither was this aim the result of any sinister or frail aggression,
but the pure dictates of that laudable ambition, which prompted
her to the preservation of the family name. Nay, so disinterested
was she in this pursuit, that, postponing her nearest concern, or
at least leaving her own fate to the silent operation of her charms,
she laboured with such indefatigable zeal in behalf of her brother,
that before they had been three months settled in the country, the
general topic of conversation in the neighbourhood was an intended
match between the rich Mr. Pickle and the fair Miss Appleby, daughter
of a gentleman who lived in the next parish, and who though he had
but little fortune to bestow upon his children, had, to use his
own phrase, replenished their veins with some of the best blood in
the country.
This young lady, whose character and disposition Mrs.


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