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master in sight, on a fresh horse. But this was an 

 exception to the general rule ; and unless a man was 

 a heavy weight, or a lump of a fellow, like Maxe or 

 Lord Alvanley, it was a very uncommon practice for 

 any one to have what is now called " my second 

 horseman." In these days, however, things are 

 changed, and my second horseman seems to be a 

 sine qnd non with all who are able to afford such an 

 incumbrance, and who looks more like a hunting 

 parson than a servant ; and who, as long as his 

 master is any way near, is orderly and well con- 

 ducted as a rule, and may generally be recognised as 

 to his avocation by having a leather case for sand- 

 wiches and sherry strapped around his waist ; for 

 since the time I have before named, when the swell 

 parson got the name of the " licensed victualler," 

 it has become quite a common thing to see a second 

 horseman with his master's luncheon buckled round 

 his waist, and to hear the master greeting for his 

 porridge. " Have you seen my servant ? Have 

 you seen my second horseman ? I wonder where 

 the devil the fellow can be ; he's got my luncheon, 

 and I am almost famishing." 



Now, useful as these second horsemen may be 

 when they keep in their proper places and keep a 



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