But he was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.

He could still ride his cob in the park jauntily; and did so carefully every morning in his life, after an early cup of tea and before his breakfast.

And he could walk home from his chambers every day, and on Sundays could do the round of the parks on foot.

Twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, he dined at that old law club, the Eldon, and played whist after dinner till twelve o'clock.

This was the great dissipation and, I think, the chief charm of his life.