168 A GENTLEMAN. 



Pulling up, for my three customers were 

 waiting, and, while telling my box com- 

 panion that I had no power to exclude any 

 one on account of his profession from the 

 coach who had taken his seat, his mind was 

 set at rest by two coarse-looking fellows, in 

 rough greatcoats, getting on the outside, 

 and a well-dressed, genteel-looking young 

 man getting in. In this way we travelled 

 to our place of refreshment, the husband 

 looking in when we changed horses to see 

 that all was right. 



On his assisting her out (they had not 

 been long married) she asked him who 

 was the gentleman who got in last, for 

 his conversation had been extremely inter- 

 esting, and she was sure, by his general 

 information, he must be a gentleman of 

 distinction at the University. 



The individual referred to entered the 

 luncheon room alone, dressed in an ele- 

 gant suit of black, sat down at the table, 

 and displayed on his delicate white hand 



