He swore he lov'd them all round, and once or twice hummed over, "Dear creatures, we can't do without them, They're all that is sweet and seducing to man, Looking, sighing about, and about them, We doat on them--do for them, all that we can." The play being over, brought a considerable influx of company into the Saloon.

The regular covies paired off with their covesses, and the moving panorama of elegance and fashion presented a scene that was truly delightful to Bob.
The Ladybird, who had been so attentive to the gouty customer, now wished him a good night, for, said she, "There is my friend,{2} and so I am off." This seemed only to increase the agony of his already agonized toe, notwithstanding which he presently toddled off, and was seen no more for the evening.
"What's become of Sparkle," enquired Tom.

"Stole away," was the reply.
"Tipp'd us the double, has he," said Dashall.

"Well, what think you of Drury-lane ?" 1 Lady-bird--A dashing Cyprian.
2 The term friend is in constant use among accessible ladies, and signifies their protector or keeper.
~140~~"'Tis a very delightful tragedy indeed, but performed in the most comical manner I ever witnessed in my life." "Pshaw!" said Bob, "very few indeed, except the critics and the plebs, come here to look at the play; they come to see and be seen." "Egad then," said Bob, "a great many have been gratified to-night, and perhaps I have been highly honoured, for every person that has passed me has complimented me with a stare." "Which of course you did not fail to return ?" "Certainly not; and upon my soul you have a choice show of fruit here." "Yes," continued Tom, "London is a sort of hot-house, where fruit is forced into ripeness by the fostering and liberal sun of Folly, sooner than it would be, if left to its natural growth.

Here however, you observe nothing but joyful and animated features, while perhaps the vulture of misery is gnawing at the heart.