to come in the capacity of a cousin , and seat herself every day at a good table ; to smooth the yellow , wrinkled brow of the old procurator ; to pluck the clerks a little by teaching them bassette , passe-dix , and lansquenet , in their utmost nicety , and winning from them , by way of fee for the lesson she would give them in an hour , their savings of a month -- all this was enormously delightful to porthys .