One fellow--he of the bandaged head--wore a coat of yellow brocaded silk, which, in spite of a rent in the shoulder, and sundry stains of wine and oil, was unmistakably of a comparative newness.

Beneath this appeared the nankeens and black leggings of a soldier.

Another covered his greasy locks with a three-cornered hat, richly laced in gold.

A third flaunted under his ragged blue coat a gold-broidered waistcoat and a Brussels cravat.

A valuable ring flashed from the grimy finger of a fourth, who, instead of the military white nankeens, wore a pair of black silk breeches.