"Those leaders are as proud as their master," said another.
"But he becomes his state well, if he is proud," answered a third.
"Newman couldn't get up a better four in hand," said the first speaker, a young Londoner.
"Who is that by the side of the duke?" asked one.
"The English consul," replied his countryman; "you ought to know him."
"The whole affair now is wanting to my eye," said a young, sentimental artist.
"And what does it want, pray, Mister Critic?" asked the Englishman.
"A woman."
"Egad, that's true! There should be a woman in the picture, if it was to be painted, if only to introduce color."
"Don't be so mercenary," added the other.