"They who knocked 'em in the road of Old Kent--know you not the legend ?" As he spoke, he lifted his superb form to a warrior's height and gesture.
"But is this quite correct ?" asked Fitz-Fulke of the doctor.
"Perfectly," said the doctor oracularly.

"The renowned ''Arry Axes'-- I beg his pardon," he interrupted himself hastily, "I mean the Chevalier--is perfect in his archaeology and ethnology.

The Koster is originally a Gypsy, which is but a corruption of the word 'Egyptian,' and, if I mistake not, that gentleman is a lineal descendant." "But he is called 'Chevalier,' and he speaks like a Frenchman," said Fluffy.
"And, being a Frenchman, of course knows nothing outside of Paris," said Sir Midas.
"We are in the Land of Mystery," said the doctor gravely in a low voice.

"You have heard of the Egyptian Hall and the Temple of Mystery ?" A shudder passed through many that were there; but the majority were following with wild adulation the superb Koster, who, with elbows slightly outward and hands turned inward, was passing toward the ballroom.

McFeckless accompanied him with conflicting emotions.