Varney gave his largesse with an affectation of complaisance and humility.

Raleigh bestowed his with the graceful ease peculiar to one who has attained his own place, and is familiar with its dignity.
Honest Blount gave what his tailor had left him of his half-year's rent, dropping some pieces in his hurry, then stooping down to look for them, and then distributing them amongst the various claimants, with the anxious face and mien of the parish beadle dividing a dole among paupers.
The donations were accepted with the usual clamour and VIVATS of applause common on such occasions; but as the parties gratified were chiefly dependants of Lord Leicester, it was Varney whose name was repeated with the loudest acclamations.

Lambourne, especially, distinguished himself by his vociferations of "Long life to Sir Richard Varney!--Health and honour to Sir Richard!--Never was a more worthy knight dubbed!"-- then, suddenly sinking his voice, he added--"since the valiant Sir Pandarus of Troy,"-- a winding-up of his clamorous applause which set all men a-laughing who were within hearing of it.
It is unnecessary to say anything further of the festivities of the evening, which were so brilliant in themselves, and received with such obvious and willing satisfaction by the Queen, that Leicester retired to his own apartment with all the giddy raptures of successful ambition.
Varney, who had changed his splendid attire, and now waited on his patron in a very modest and plain undress, attended to do the honours of the Earl's COUCHER.
"How! Sir Richard," said Leicester, smiling, "your new rank scarce suits the humility of this attendance." "I would disown that rank, my Lord," said Varney, "could I think it was to remove me to a distance from your lordship's person." "Thou art a grateful fellow," said Leicester; "but I must not allow you to do what would abate you in the opinion of others." While thus speaking, he still accepted without hesitation the offices about his person, which the new-made knight seemed to render as eagerly as if he had really felt, in discharging the task, that pleasure which his words expressed.
"I am not afraid of men's misconstruction," he said, in answer to Leicester's remark, "since there is not--( permit me to undo the collar)--a man within the Castle who does not expect very soon to see persons of a rank far superior to that which, by your goodness, I now hold, rendering the duties of the bedchamber to you, and accounting it an honour." "It might, indeed, so have been"-- said the Earl, with an involuntary sigh; and then presently added, "My gown, Varney; I will look out on the night.

Is not the moon near to the full ?" "I think so, my lord, according to the calendar," answered Varney.
There was an abutting window, which opened on a small projecting balcony of stone, battlemented as is usual in Gothic castles.

The Earl undid the lattice, and stepped out into the open air.