I shall go and smoke upstairs." At the Beargarden there were,--I was going to say, two smoking-rooms; but in truth the house was a smoking-room all over.

It was, however, the custom of those who habitually played cards, to have their cigars and coffee upstairs.

Into this sanctum Major Tifto had not yet been introduced, but now he was taken there under Lord Silverbridge's wing.

There were already four or five assembled, among whom was Mr.
Adolphus Longstaff, a young man of about thirty-five years of age, who spent very much of his time at the Beargarden.

"Do you know my friend Tifto ?" said the Lord.