g for the gals, and scandle for the dowygers. In none of these
amusements did we partake. We were a LITTLE too good to play crown pints
at cards, and never get paid when we won; or to go dangling after the
portionless gals, or amuse ourselves with slops and penny-wist along
with the old ladies. No, no; my master was a man of fortn now, and
behayved himself as sich. If ever he condysended to go into the public
room of the Hotel de Bang--the French (doubtless for reasons best known
to themselves) call this a sallymanjy--he swoar more and lowder than
any one there; he abyoused the waiters, the wittles, the wines. With his
glas in his i, he staired at every body. He took always the place before
the fire. He talked about "my carridge," "my currier," "my servant;" and
he did wright. I've always found through life, that if you wish to be
respected by English people, you must be insalent to them, especially
if you are a sprig of nobiliaty. We LIKE being insulted by noblemen,--it
shows they're familiar with us. Law bless us! I've known many and many
a genlmn about town who'd rather be kicked by a lord than not be noticed
by him; they've even had an aw of ME, because I was a lord's footman.
While my master was hectoring in the parlor, at Balong, pretious airs
I gave myself in the kitching, I can tell you; and the consequints was,
that we were better served, and moar liked, than many pipple with twice
our merit.

Deuceace had some particklar plans, no doubt, which kep him so long at
Balong; and it clearly was his wish to act the man of fortune there for
a little time before he tried the character of Paris. He purchased a
carridge, he hired a currier, he rigged me in a fine new livry blazin
with lace, and he past through the Balong bank a thousand pounds of the
money he had won from Dawkins, to his credit at a Paris house; showing
the Balong bankers at the same time, that he'd plenty moar in his
potfolie. This was killin two birds with one stone; the bankers' clerks
spread the nuse over the town, and in a day after master had paid the
money every old dowyger in Balong had looked out the Crabs' family
podigree in the Peeridge, and was quite intimate with the Deuceace name
and estates. If Sattn himself were a lord, I do beleave there's many
vurtuous English mothers would be glad to have him for a son-in-law.

Now, though my master had thought fitt to leave town without
excommunicating with his father on the subject of his intended
c