The so-called Mrs. Lascelles, who was such a friend of mine, had been the wife of a German Jew in Lahore, who had divorced her on her elopement with a Major Lascelles, whom she had left in his turn, and whose name she had not the smallest right to bear.
Mrs. Lascelles was never a great talker, like Catherine; but she was certainly a woman to whom one could talk.
" "Mrs. Lascelles and I are rather friends.