200 LADIES. 



But there was confidence reposed in me 

 of a more pleasing nature, that was much 

 better adapted to my position that of 

 now and then being entrusted with the 

 charge of ladies of rank. This was gratify- 

 ing to my pride, as well as advantageous 

 to my pocket. 



Here I cannot help recording a ludi- 

 crous scene that was exhibited at Cam- 

 bridge, on the occasion of my having two 

 ladies, the daughters of a noble viscount in 

 Surrey, of which county he was lord-lieu- 

 tenant. They were going on a visit to a 

 relative near Lynn, and of them I had es- 

 pecial charge. A dinner had been ordered 

 in a private apartment, and I was to present 

 them to the landlady, who stood on the 

 steps to receive them; but an untoward 

 accident prevented this. The horsekeeper 

 at Cambridge was one of those independent 

 sort of men of the lower class, who well 

 understood his work and did it. Like some 

 of his fellows, he was aware of this ; always 



