190 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



It is quite true private individuals of moderate 

 means are not called on or expected to keep such 

 equipages as the nobility or persons of great 

 wealth, yet still may want a carriage for their 

 families; and one that will pass without obser- 

 vation of any sort is here quite appropriate : but 

 as most persons wish to make as decent an ap- 

 pearance as their means permit, and as my object 

 is, as far as I can, to further their object as 

 regards their horses and their appliances, I only 

 beg the masters of such equipages to believe me 

 when I assure them that taking care their ladies 

 are not in inclement weather all the morning 

 shopping, that they under such circumstances 

 curtail the length and number of their morning 

 visits, do not order the carriage at eleven and 

 keep it waiting till one to take them out, or at 

 one in the morning and keep it till three to bring 

 them home, will just make the difference of having 

 an equipage that is a least creditable, or one that 

 would occasionally induce a cabman to call out, 

 ' Who wouldn't keep a carriage?" 



It is true we see the most splendid equipages 

 out in the most inclement weather ; but what are 

 they doing ? Taking their lords or masters to or 

 from the House, to dinner or a party, bringing 

 their ladies from a villa to the town-house, or to 

 a dinner or party also. The pace keeps them 

 warm while going, they set down, and come home, 



