In the first place, we must call attention to the extreme care he gave to his linen, the only distinction that well-bred men can nowadays exhibit in their clothes.

The linen of the chevalier was invariably of a fineness and whiteness that were truly aristocratic.

As for his coat, though remarkable for its cleanliness, it was always half worn-out, but without spots or creases.

The preservation of that garment was something marvellous to those who noticed the chevalier's high-bred indifference to its shabbiness.

He did not go so far as to scrape the seams with glass,--a refinement invented by the Prince of Wales; but he did practice the rudiments of English elegance with a personal satisfaction little understood by the people of Alencon.