Another carriage drove up with two ladies accompanied by two of our scapegraces.

The young people (one of whom was not quite young) got out of their carriage too, and squeezed their way up to the ikon, pushing people aside rather carelessly.

Neither of the young men took off his hat, and one of them put a pince-nez on his nose.

In the crowd there was a murmur, vague but unfriendly.

The dandy with the pince-nez took out of his purse, which was stuffed full of bank-notes, a copper farthing and flung it into the dish.