Mr.Ruskin, evidently determined to carry his point, went to Westminster, bribed the carpenters, climbed the structure, and reported all safe to stand a century, "though," said he, "the gold and scarlet of the decorations appeared very paltry compared with the Wengern Alp." But he could not find No.

447, and wrote to the Heralds' Office to know if it was a place from which a good view could be got.

Blue-mantle replied that it was a very good place, and Lord Brownlow had just taken tickets for his sons close by.

Then there was the great question of dress.

He went to Owen's and ordered a white satin waistcoat with gold sprigs, and a high dress-coat with bright buttons, and asked his wife to see about white gloves at Oxford--a Court white neck-cloth or a black satin would do.
Picture, then, the young Ruskin in those dressy days.