It is terrible bad luck. Owls are often augurs of death, Mr. Flattery. There is no surer sign. Not even the cessation of breathing? the viscount asked, but neither Tristam nor Beacham laughed.
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
