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his glossy bat perched slantingly on his well- 

 oiled, curly hair ; his tight frock coat lined 

 and faced with silk and velvet ; the snowy 

 corner of a white pocket-handkerchief peep- 

 ing out of the breast pocket, perfuming the 

 air with the choicest scents of Arabia ; the 

 half-blown moss-rose in his button-hole ; his 

 boots shining in all the brilliancy of day — 

 and Martin, and his hands enveloped in light 

 fawn coloured kid gloves. 



How much ?" asks the dandy. 

 Two-pence," is the reply. 



A shilling is thrown to the turnpike 

 man. 



" You may keep the change, old fellow." 



" Quite the gentleman !" exclaims the 

 collector. 



Then comes the cabriolet (now out of 

 fashion), on its well-balanced springs, plainly 

 painted — " unadorned adorned the most." See 

 the owner, how he prides himself on his 

 splendid horse and diminutive " tiger !" 



" Now, Sir," exclaims the driver and mis- 

 conductor of a galloping " bus," with two 

 raw-boned bits of blood, ten outside and 

 thirteen in, trying to pass the cabriolet. 



