Excerpt from The Banker's Wife, or Court and City, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel

Moreover, all was so bright, so prosperous, so sunshiny around her, that it seemed absurd to look out for breakers when launched on that glassy sea, and under a sky so propi tious. Flattering as was her position in London life, the banker's wife had never felt the value of her good acceptation ln society till called upon to present her daughter. The kindness with which Lydia was welcomed into the world, filled her mother with gratitude towards the frivolous circles she had hitherto regarded with indifference, and she had the satisfaction to perceive that the girl so ¿atteringly noticed in compliment to her parents soon became a general favourite from her own merits. Seldom had a débutante equally lovely appeared in the beau-mantle.

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