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say how can a man of nine hundred keep out of the Bench��'

He gave a sob as he handed me the paper across the table��

and his old face�察�and his old corduroys�察�and his shrunk

shooting´jacket�察�and his lean shanks�察�looked�察�as he

spoke�察�more miserably haggard�察�bankrupt�察�and threadbare。



LIEUT。 WELLESLEY PONTO�察�120TH   QUEEN'S OWN PYEBALD

HUSSARS��

TO KNOPF AND STECKNADEL��

CONDUIT STREET�察�LONDON。

                                                 L。 s。 d

Dress Jacket�察�richly laced with gold 。          35  0  0

Ditto Pelisse ditto�察�and trimmed with sable 。 。 60  0  0

Undress Jacket�察�trimmed with gold               15 15  0

Ditto Pelisse 。 。                               30  0  0

Dress Pantaloons                                12  0  0

Ditto Overalls�察�gold lace on sides。              6  6  0

Undress ditto ditto。                             5  5  0

Blue Braided Frock                              14 14  0

Forage Cap 。 。                                   3  3  0

Dress Cap�察�gold lines�察�plume and chain 。 。 。    25  0  0

Gold Barrelled Sash                             11 18  0

Sword 。 。                                       11 11  0

Ditto Belt and Sabretache 。。                    16 16  0

Pouch and Belt。                                 15 15  0

SwordKnot 。。                                     1  4  0

Cloak 。 。。                                      13 13  0

Valise 。 。。                                      3 13  6

Regulation Saddle 。                              7 17  6

Ditto Bridle�察�complete 。 。。                     10 10  0

A Dress Housing�察�complete 。。                    30  0  0

A pair of Pistols。                              10 10  0

A Black Sheepskin�察�edged。 。 。                    6 18  0

Total                                         L347  9  0



That evening Mrs。 Ponto and her family made their darling

Wellesley give a full�察�true�察�and particular account of

everything that had taken place at Lord Fitzstultz's�察�how

many servants waited at dinner�察�and how the Ladies

Schneider dressed�察�and what his Royal Highness said when

he came down to shoot�察�and who was there�拭 �What a

blessing that boy is to me� ─�said she�察�as my pimple´faced

young friend moved off to resume smoking operations with

Gules in the now vacant kitchen ��and poor Ponto's

dreary and desperate look�察�shall I ever forget that��



O you parents and guardians�  �O you men and women of

sense in England�  �O you legislators about to assemble in

Parliament� �read over that tailor's bill above printed��

read over that absurd catalogue of insane gimcracks and

madman's tomfooleryand say how are you ever to get rid

of Snobbishness when society does so much for its

education��



Three hundred and forty pounds for a young chap's saddle

and breeches�  �Before George�察�I would rather be a

Hottentot or a Highlander。  We laugh at poor Jocko�察�the

monkey�察�dancing in uniform�察�or at poor Jeames�察�the

flunkey�察�with his quivering calves and plush tights�察�or

at the nigger Marquis of Marmalade�察�dressed out with

sabre and epaulets�察�and giving himself the airs of a

field´marshal。  Lo� �is not one of the Queen's Pyebalds��

in full fig�察�as great and foolish a monster��







CHAPTER XXX



ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS



At last came that fortunate day at the Evergreens�察�when I

was to be made acquainted with some of the 'county

families' with whom only people of Ponto's rank

condescended to associate。  And now�察�although poor Ponto

had just been so cruelly made to bleed on occasion of his

son's new uniform�察�and though he was in the direst and

most cut´throat spirits with an overdrawn account at the

banker's�察�and other pressing evils of poverty�察�although a

tenpenny bottle of Marsala and an awful parsimony

presided generally at his table�察�yet the poor fellow was

obliged to assume the most frank and jovial air of

cordiality�察�and all the covers being removed from the

hangings�察�and new dresses being procured for the young

ladies�察�and the family plate being unlocked and

displayed�察�the house and all within assumed a benevolent

and festive appearance。  The kitchen fires began to

blaze�察�the good wine ascended from the cellar�察�a

professed cook actually came over from Guttlebury to

compile culinary abominations。  Stripes was in a new

coat�察�and so was Ponto�察�for a wonder�察�and Tummus's

button´suit was worn EN PERMANENCE。



And all this to show off the little lord�察�thinks I。  All

this in honour of a stupid little cigarrified Cornet of

dragoons�察�who can barely write his name��while an

eminent and profound moralist likesomebodyis fobbed

off with cold mutton and relays of pig。  Well�察�well�此�a

martyrdom of cold mutton is just bearable。  I pardon Mrs。

Ponto�察�from my heart I do�察�especially as I wouldn't turn

out of the best bed´room�察�in spite of all her hints�察�but

held my ground in the chintz tester�察�vowing that Lord

Gules�察�as a young man�察�was quite small and hardy enough

to make himself comfortable elsewhere。



The great Ponto party was a very august one。  The

Hawbucks came in their family coach�察�with the blood´red

band emblazoned all over it�此�and their man in yellow

livery waited in country fashion at table�察�only to be

exceeded in splendour by the Hipsleys�察�the opposition

baronet�察�in light blue。  The old Ladies Fitzague drove

over in their little old chariot with the fat black

horses�察�the fat coachman�察�the fat footman��why are

dowagers' horses and footmen always fat�殖�  And soon after

these personages had arrived�察�with their auburn fronts

and red beaks and turbans�察�came the Honourable and

Reverend Lionel Pettipois�察�who with General and Mrs。 Sago

formed the rest of the party。  'Lord and Lady Frederick

Howlet were asked�察�but they have friends at Ivybush��'

Mrs。 Ponto told me�察�and that very morning�察�the

Castlehaggards sent an excuse�察�as her ladyship had a

return of the quinsy。  Between ourselves�察�Lady

Castlehaggard's quinsy always comes on when there is

dinner at the Evergreens。



If the keeping of polite company could make a woman

happy�察�surely my kind hostess Mrs。 Ponto was on that day

a happy woman。  Every person present ��except the unlucky

impostor who pretended to a connexion with the

Snobbington Family�察�and General Sago�察�who had brought

home I don't know how many lacs of rupees from India�撮�

was related to the Peerage or the Baronetage。   Mrs。 P。

had her heart's desire。  If she had been an Earl's

daughter herself could she have expected better company�拭�

´and her family were in the oil´trade at Bristol�察�as all

her friends very well know。



What I complained of in my heart was not the dining

which�察�for this once�察�was plentiful and comfortable

enoughbut the prodigious dulness of the talking part of

the entertainment。  O my beloved brother Snobs of the

City�察�if we love each other no better than our country

brethren�察�at least we amuse each other more�察�if we bore

ourselves�察�we are not called upon to go ten miles to do

it��



For instance�察�the Hipsleys came ten miles from the south��

and the Hawbucks ten miles from the north�察�of the

Evergreens�察�and were magnates in two different divisions

of the county of Mangelwurzelshire。  Hipsley�察�who is an

old baronet�察�with a bothered estate�察�did not care to show

his contempt for Hawbuck�察�who is a new creation�察�and

rich。  Hawbuck�察�on his part�察�gives himself patronizing

airs to General Sago�察�who looks upon the Pontos as little

better than paupers。  'Old Lady Blanche��' says Ponto�察�'I

hope will leave something to her god´daughtermy second

girlwe've all of us half´poisoned ourselves with taking

her physic。'



Lady Blanche and Lady Rose Fitzague have�察�the first�察�a

medical�察�and the second a literary turn。  I am inclined

to believe the former had a wet COMPRESSE around her

body�察�on the occasion when I had the happiness of meeting

her。  She doctors everybody in the neighbourhood of which

she is the ornament�察�and has tried everything on her own

person。  She went into Court�察�and testified publicly her

faith in St。 John Long�此�she swore by Doctor Buchan�察�she

took quantities of Gambouge's Universal Medicine�察�and

whole boxfuls of Parr's Life Pills。  She has cured a

multiplicity of headaches by Squinstone's Eye´snuff�察�she

wears a picture of Hahnemann in her bracelet and a lock

of Priessnitz's hair in a brooch。  She talked about her

own complaints and those of her CONFIDANTE for the time

being�察�to every lady in the room successively�察�from our

hostess down to Miss Wirt�察�taking them into corners�察�and

whispering about bronchitis�察�hepatitis�察�St。 Vitus��

neuralgia�察�cephalalgia�察�and so forth。  I observed poor

fat Lady Hawbuck in a dreadful alarm after some

communication regarding the state of her daughter Miss

Lucy Hawbuck's health�察�and Mrs。 Sago turned quite yellow��

and put down her third glass of Madeira�察�at a warning

glance from Lady Blanche。



Lady Rose talked literature�察�and about the book´club at

Guttlebury�察�and is very strong in 
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