Caveat emptor

Being commanded by her elder sister to get 'the Dictionary' from the cupboard, Miss Jemima had extracted two copies of the book from the receptacle in question. [. . .] 'Becky, Becky Sharp, here's a book for you [. . .] Johnson's Dixonary, you know; you mustn't leave us without that. Good-by. Drive on, coachman. God bless you!' [. . .] But, lo! and just as the coach drove off, Miss Sharp put her pale face out of the window and actually flung the book back into the garden

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