Goody Grope, the old treasure-seeker who demands her share of the orphans’ luck, is the only Irish study, but other characters would connect these stories, if they were not so frankly acknowledged, with the author of _Castle Rackrent_ and _The Absentee_: Mrs. Pomfret, that lesser Malaprop, with her “_Villaintropic Society_” and “_drugs and refugees_”; Mrs. Theresa Tattle; Mademoiselle Panache, the milliner-governess, betrayed by her mouthful of pins.