102 THE HUNTING GROUNDS, ETC. 



Amirbee, or Zenobee, who has taken a kindly in- 

 terest in the management o' your affairs for the sake 

 o' the master ? or what are ye doing wi' palanquins 

 and covered carts in a bachelor's establishment, 

 when you belong to a moss-trooping order, ' whose 

 word is snaffle, spur, and spear ' ? Ugh ! ugh ! 

 ugh!" 



" Spare Hal's blushes, and let us adjourn to the 

 begum's nautch, for I hear the sound of native music 

 in that direction, and I suppose they are only wait- 

 ing for our attendance to begin," said W , rising 



from his chair. 



