Before long his eye twinkled and he changed his position expectantly, for he saw the tall figure of Claudius striding up the street, a head and shoulders above the strolling crowd; and, wonderful to relate, the hair was gone, the long beard was carefully clipped and trimmed, and the Doctor wore a new gray hat! "If he will black his boots and put a rose in his coat, he will do.

What a tearing swell he will be when he is dressed," thought Mr.Barker, as he looked at his friend.
"You see I have followed your advice," said Claudius, holding out his hand.
"Always do that, and you will yet taste greatness," said the other cheerfully.

"You look like a crown prince like that.

Perfectly immense." "I suppose I am rather big," said Claudius apologetically, not catching the American idiom.

Mr.Barker, however, did not explain himself, for he was thinking of other things.
"We will go very soon.