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ME. SPONGE'S SPOUTING TOUR. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



LORD SCA.UPERDALE AT JAWLEYFORD COURT. 



LORD SCAMPERDALE AS HE APPEARED IN HIS " SWELL " CLOTHES. 



Although we have hitherto depicted Lord Seainperdale either 

 in his great uncouth hunting-clothes, or in the flare-up red and 

 yellow Stunner tartan, it must not be supposed that he had not 

 line clothes when he chose to wear them, only he wanted to save 

 them, as he said, to be married in. That he had fine ones, indeed, 

 was evident from the rig-out he lent Jack, when that worthy went 

 to Jawleyford Court, and, in addition to those which were of the 

 evening order, he had an uncommonly smart Stultz frock-coat, 

 with a velvet collar, facings, and cuff's, and a silk lining. Though 

 so rough and ready among the men, he was quite the dandy 

 among the ladies, and was as anxious about his appearance as a 

 girl of sixteen. He got himself clipped and trimmed, and shaved 

 with the greatest care, curving his whiskers high on to the cheek- 

 bones, leaving a great breadth of bare fallow below. 



Baggs the butler was despatched betimes to Jawleyford Court 



