" The Frolic and the Gentle" 



shift to America the Hotel Cluny or 

 a court of the Alhambra. 



Among the many wagers which he 

 forced his staid comrade to accept 

 was one that compelled the loser to 

 take the four of us, young and old, 

 to Epsom on the Derby Day that 

 would occur soon after our arrival in 

 London. King lost this bet, plainly 

 by his own intent. Everything was 

 to come off in the traditional style — 

 that the Scriptures might be fulfilled 

 to the uttermost, as indeed they were. 

 From the White Horse Inn, Picca- 

 dilly, a fortnight later, we took the 

 road and shared its carnival, on 

 the finest tallyho obtainable ; whip, 

 guard, lackey, hampers and all. 

 Nothing was omitted in the going 

 and coming. It was a brilliant day ; 

 our coach rounded to in the center 

 of the field, as in Frith's picture, and 

 there were the gypsy tumblers on 

 the green, the lunchers, the Prince 

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