They proceeded to Richmond, taking surveys of the scenery on the road, and discoursing on the usual topics of such a journey, which being foreign to the professed intention of this work, are omitted.

Suffice it to say they returned refreshed from the excursion, and parted with a promise to meet again at nine o'clock, in Grosvenor Square.
"Egad!" said Dashall, as they entered the diningroom, "there is something very mysterious in all this.

Sparkle has hitherto been the life and soul of society: he seems to be deeply smitten with this young Lady, Miss Mortimer, and promises fairly, by his manner, to prove a deserter from our standard, and to inlist under the banners of Hymen." "Not unlikely," replied Tallyho, "if what we are told be true--that it is what we must all come to." "Be that as it may, it ought not to interfere with our pursuits, Real Life in London, though, to be sure, the Ladies, dear creatures, ought not to be forgotten: they are so nearly and dearly interwoven with our existence, that, without them, Life would be insupportable." ~184~~After dinner, they prepared for the evening party, and made their appearance in Grosvenor Squire at the appointed hour.

But as this will introduce new characters to the Reader, we shall defer our account of them till the next Chapter..