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CHAPTEE XV. 



PERSONAL HABITS OF LOUD GEORGE BENTINCK. 



LORD GEORGE BENTINCK was the beau ideal of an 

 English nobleman. He stood over six feet in 

 height ; his figure was, beyond that of any other 

 man of my acquaintance, stately and elegant ; his 

 features were extremely handsome and refined, his 

 hands and feet small and beautifully shaped, and 

 his whole appearance most commanding. He was 

 invariably dressed in a long black frock-coat, a 

 black or very dark blue, double-breasted, velvet 

 waistcoat, and dark trousers, having (in the fashion 

 of that day) straps attached, which passed under 

 his boots. Over his waistcoat he wore a fine, long, 

 gold chain, which went round his neck, and was 

 clasped together on his breast by a gold loop, in 

 which was set a large and very conspicuous tur- 

 quoise, which I always regarded as symbolising 

 his sky-blue racing jacket. Round his neck he 

 wore a costly cream-coloured satin scarf of great 

 length, knotted under his chin, and with a gold 



