THE RESIDENTS , , jcu 



in vino veritas they will blurt out a frank" bit 6f J 

 their minds, and make him flush into vindictive anger, 

 notwithstanding his practised self-control. 



There is less to say about the Red Lion, since it 

 chiefly lays itself out for a class of stranger customers. 

 There the room for commercial gentlemen has the 

 importance which is given to the market room over the 

 way. There are sure to be three or four bagmen's 

 double dog-carts drawn up under the shed in the court- 

 yard, and there is a pile of leather-strapped cases in 

 the passage. The owners of these are eating, drinking, 

 and getting cheerful, previous to going on their way 

 rejoicing, after paying their round of business visits. 

 And in summer the "Red Lion" makes the most in 

 way of advertisement of the unrivalled attractions of 

 the neighbourhood, tempting down quiet holiday- 

 makers from town by offer of fishing and reasonable 

 board. In the latter it is said to perform nearly as 

 much as it promises. As to the former, it is quite 

 marvellous how little the Cockney will be contented 

 with, when everything except the fishing is to his mind. 

 For, with the patience which should be the badge of the 

 much-enduring race, you will see the citizen fisherman 

 going by day after day to whip the few hundred yards 

 of water which the host of the " Lion " rents of Squire 

 Godwin ; and each evening you may mark his com- 

 placent return, though his basket is lighter by his 

 luncheon than when he started. 



The "Royal Oak," the "Jolly Hoppers," and the 

 "Fighting Cocks," form so many successive steps in the 



