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Clarence accepted of this invitation with a degree of pleasure which perfectly astonished Mr. St. George . `` Every man knows his own affairs best , '' said he to Clarence , as he stepped into his hackney coach ; `` but for my share , I will do my friend Rochfort the justice to say that no one lives as well as he does . '' `` If to live well mean nothing but to eat , '' said Clarence . `` Now , '' said Dr. X -- , looking at his watch , `` it will be eight o'clock by the time we get to Upper Grosvenor-street , and Lady Anne will probably have waited dinner for us about two hours , which I apprehend is sufficient to try the patience of any woman but Griselda . Do not , '' continued he , turning to Clarence Hervey , `` expect to see an old-fashioned , spiritless , patient Griselda , in Lady Anne Percival : I can assure you that she is -- but I will neither tell you what she is , nor what she is not . Every man who has any abilities , likes to have the pleasure and honour of finding out a character by his own penetration , instead of having it forced upon him at full length in capital letters of gold , finely emblazoned and illuminated by the hand of some injudicious friend : every child thinks the violet of his own finding the sweetest . I spare you any farther allusion and illustrations , '' concluded Dr. X -- , `` for here we are , thank God , in Upper Grosvenor-street . ''