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leading from Great Dean's to Little Dean's Yard, 

 some of the older boys who were lounging about 

 cast significant glances at the box and other 

 symptoms of the new-caught neophyte. We found 

 the inmates at Mr. R.'s just about to sit down to 

 tea, and W. was forthwith marched to the tea- 

 room and introduced to his schoolfellows by Mr. 

 R., and more especially to one Joyce, the eldest of 

 them, in whose bedroom W. has his crib, and by 

 whom, I understand, W. will be duly fagged. 

 After some preliminary business as to pocket 

 money, periodical visits, and entrance fees, 

 Broderip and I returned to the tea-room to take 

 leave, and found W. stirring his cup with his 

 usual sang-froid, and partaking of fried fish in the 

 company of about fifteen fine lads. We shall pro- 

 bably have W. home one Sunday before the Xmas 

 holidays, by which time we shall know how 

 Westminster agrees with him and he with West- 

 minster. . . . 



1 The other day I met a pleasant party at the 

 Justice's, consisting of Lockhart, Sir R. Vyvyan, 

 and Major Shad well Clerke. We meet again on 

 Sunday at dinner at Sir R. Vyvyan's. I ought 

 to have been dining yesterday at Drayton, Sir R. 

 Peel having kindly invited me to stay there till 

 Monday next, but the press of work just now 

 compels me to forego all holiday visits till next 

 summer.' 



A considerable part of the following September 



