344 IF YOU GO TO THE RIGUT YOU GO WRONG. 



propose to do myself the honour of introducing my 

 reader to Repositories. 



I have been obhged, in accordance witli what I pro- 

 posed in commencing these Hints on Horse Dealers in 

 general, to dwell for some time on the acts and habits 

 of the lowest of tlie low, and, to carry the thing out, 

 to quote their sentiments, language, and expressions. 

 I fear the task is not yet quite complete ; it will, there- 

 fore (if only for a time), be a relief to get into a 

 respectable place, and to meet a respectable man. I 

 shall tlierefore begin by taking my reader to Osborn's 

 — "Harry Osborn's." 



AYe may be now supposed to have arrived at a spot 

 wliere we have Gray's Inn, A'^erulam Buildings, with 

 sundry other buildings and courts (all inhabited by 

 gentlemen of the law), to our right — (quite right 

 to leave them there) — and the Rej)Ository on our 

 left. Some person may say that I have brought 

 my reader into a very pretty dilemma ; for, turn 

 which side he may, he has a very fair chance of 

 being clone. What might be the result of turning to 

 the right I cannot say ; but by taking the other turn, 

 I will answer for his coming out unscathed. Besides, 

 there is another thing to be considered : if he should 

 not like this place, he need not go there again — a 

 sequitur not always to be relied on by those who j^ay 

 a visit to the other. " In medio tutissimus ibis^''^ they 

 say : now, if we did this, we should run plump into a 

 brewery ; and really I am not certain, that, if we were 

 tempted to take a solution of cocculus indicus, it would 

 be altogether so safe an alternative. " Quanti vivono 

 in questo mondo alle specie di questo e di quello /" This 

 may be applied to all three places ; so we will at once 

 turn into Osborn's. 



