A-MUSING.
McDauber (who is so afflicted with the habit of thinking aloud). Charming bit of colour, that! Marvellous chiaroscuro. Wonder who it’s by? [Oddly enough it is by McDauber himself!
PERHAPS.
Stout Fashionable Party. What guys they made of themselves in those days, aunt!
Slim Old Ditto. Fashion, my dear! I should not wonder but we shall be looked on as perfect frights in future times!!
Reception of pictures at the Royal Academy.—Arrival of the “Portrait of a Gentleman.”