178 PLEASANT COMPANION. 



sort of bon-hommie expression. His confi- 

 dent brow was accompanied by a full 

 laughing eye and a brilliant complexion; 

 while the good-natured smile that played 

 upon his lips not only rendered his ad- 

 dress at all times agreeable, but would 

 pre-dispose anyone in his favour. His 

 figure, too, naturally good, had been 

 improved by his profession. In short, 

 he was a person who, from experience, 

 had a perfect knowledge of the ways of 

 the world, and had himself played a 

 considerable part in it. It was therefore 

 impossible to be in his company for a 

 few hours on the box, without being 

 highly pleased with his conversa- 

 tion. 



From motives that were afterwards 

 explained to me by my brother whip 

 from Warwick, he had taken a house 

 near the road, some few miles the Lon- 

 don side of Southam had furnished 



