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to stop them, that his hat fell off upon the head 

 of his mistress in the carriage behind. By 

 some extraordinary coincidence, it landed, right 

 side up, on the small Parisian toque of Lad}^ 

 Blenkinsopp, who was far too fully occupied 

 in watching the antics of her coachman to 

 appreciate the novelty of her headgear. It 

 was, indeed, the spectacle of this distinguished 



lady driving seven times round the Park at a 

 hand-gallop, wearing a black silk top - hat 

 adorned with a shiny cockade, that suggested 

 a return to that Early Victorian fashion in 

 feminine millinery which was one of the features 

 of last year's London season. 

 IS I need hardly dwell upon the absolute neces- 

 sity of taking the reins in one's hand before 



