His India silks, if not, were looking real:
So one and all, including old John Swift,[245]
Bought something of the man before he left,—
Determin’d were they to be prim and gay
Upon their noble master’s wedding-day.
[242] A hawker of watches and jewellery.
[243] Among the servants.
[244] A wandering draper.
[245] John Swift, a very old servant (formerly coachman) of Arnold’s father; who still was an inmate of the mansion, though almost incapable of doing any kind of work.