Permit me to waive ceremony, and to announce myself at once as Sir John Goldencalf, Baronet, of Householder Hall, in the kingdom of Great Britain, a poor admirer of excellence wherever it is to be found, or under whatever form, and a devotee of the system of the 'social-stake.'" "I am happy to be admitted to the honor of this formal introduction, Sir John.

In return I beg you will suffer me to say that this young nobleman is, in our own dialect, No.

6, purple; or, to translate the appellation, my Lord Chat-terino.

This young lady is No.

4, violet, or, my Lady Chatterissa.