"Sink me!" exclaimed the one-armed individual, rounder of eye than ever, "the fellow's mad--stark, staring mad."
Barnabas bowed.
"London! Egad! here's another of 'em! London, of course--well?"
"Sir," said Barnabas, flushing, "I have already--"
"Fashion, eh? Why, then, you must cramp that chest into an abortion, all collar
Cheap Louis Vuitton Online, tail, and buttons, and much too tight to breathe in; you must struggle into breeches tight enough to burst, and cram your feet into bepolished torments--"
"Hum!"
"How, sir--?"
"I say there are no gentlemen in the fashionable world--they are all blackguardly Bucks, cursed Corinthians, and mincing Macaronies nowadays, sir. Fashionable world--bah, sir!"
"The Prince, sir!" Here the one-armed gentleman clapped on his hat and snorted, "The Prince is a--prince, sir
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"Fashion--Gog and Magog!--why not try drowning. 'T would be simpler and better for you in the long run. London
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"Hum!" said the other, thoughtfully, "I remember a Beverley--a lieutenant under Hardy in the 'Agamemnon'--though, to be sure, he spelt his name with an 'l-e-y.'"
"But, sir--"
is sufficiently engaging," and with the words Barnabas bowed as elaborately as before.
"And serve him right, sir--egad! I say damme! he should limp in irons to Botany Bay and stay there if I had my way."
"I say no, sir, no one. I say, damme, sir--"
"But, sir," Barnabas ventured again, "surely the Prince himself is accountable for the prevailing fashion, and as you must know, he is said to be the First Gentleman in Europe and--"
"Secondly
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"Sir," said he, "my name is Barnabas--Barnabas Beverley."
"Fiddle-de-dee and the devil, sir!--who says he is? A set of crawling sycophants, sir--a gang of young reprobates and bullies. First Gentleman in--I say pish, sir
discount christian louboutin! I say bah! Don't I tell you that gentlemen went out o' fashion when Bucks came in? I say there isn't a gentleman left in England except perhaps one or two. This is the age of your swaggering
Cheap Louis Vuitton Bags, prize-fighting Corinthians. London swarms with 'em, Brighton's rank with 'em, yet they pervade even these solitudes, damme! I saw one of 'em only half an hour ago, limping out of a wood yonder. Ah! a polished, smiling rascal--a dangerous rogue! One of your sleepy libertines--one of your lucky gamblers--one of your conscienceless young reprobates equally ready to win your money, ruin your sister, or shoot you dead as the case may be, and all in the approved way of gallantry, sir; and, being all this, and consequently high in royal favor, he is become a very lion in the World of Fashion. Would you succeed, young sir, you must model yourself upon him as nearly as may be."
"In the World of Fashion, sir
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"Where I hope to cut some figure in the--er--World of Fashion."
"No, indeed, sir," smiled Barnabas, reassuringly, "but the book here--which I am given to understand is wholly infallible--says that to bow is the most important item of a gentlemanly equipment, and in the World of Fashion--"
"So do I, sir," said Barnabas.
"Did you happen to notice the color of his coat?" inquired Barnabas again.
"And he was limping, you say?" inquired Barnabas, thoughtfully.
"But, sir, is not the Prince himself--"
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