Eton and Ch.Ch., Oxford, J.P.for Oxfordshire.

Residence, Holm Oaks," etc., etc.

Dropping the 'Landed Gentry', he took up a volume of the 'Arabian Nights', which some member had left reposing on the book-rest of his chair, but instead of reading he kept looking round the room.

In almost every seat, reading or snoozing, were gentlemen who, in their own estimation, might have married Penguins.

For the first time it struck him with what majestic leisureliness they turned the pages of their books, trifled with their teacups, or lightly snored.