[34] Beggars: here, fellows.
[35] Derby: a famous English horse-race (pronounced Darby).
[36] Books: an arrangement of bets on a race recorded in a book, and so calculated that the book-maker generally wins something, whatever the result.
[37] Houses of Palaver: Parliament never sits on Derby Day.
[38] Nominally: in name only.
[39] Drawing a favorite horse: the names of the horses running at the Derby were written on folded slips of paper, and those who drew the winning names got the prizes.
[40] Hedge: here, a guard against loss.
[41] Half-a-crown: an English silver coin, two shillings and sixpence, or sixty cents.
[42] Cajoleries: coaxing by flatteries.
[43] Tizzy: here, the one and sixpence.