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THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN 



of washing her soles a second time. I followed in 

 dismay; a quarter of a mile further, two stanhopes 

 going in opposite directions had come in direct colli- 

 sion ; four gentlemen were just recovering their legs, 

 and gaping round in bewilderment at the sudden ap- 

 parition of Tarn o'Shanter the second; their horses 

 had taken fright at the clatter of the mare, and, em- 

 ulating her good example, bolted too, and met in full 

 career. At Tottenham-court-road the dandy's hat 

 had taken leave. I tracked its owner, like a fox, 

 guided by countless accidents, till I arrived at Pad- 

 dington, and there, emerging from a bed of savory 

 slush, I found him ! He was in truth well equipped 

 for the hero of a drawing-room 1 



''quantum mutatus ab illo 



Hectore." 



