- —A gentleman in tight pantaloons and a tip.
- —Ditto in loose ditto, and a camellia japonica in the button-hole of his coat.
- —Ditto in a crimson waistcoat, and a pendulating eye-glass.
- —Ditto in violent wristbands, and an alarming eruption of buttons.
ALSO,
- —A young lady in pink-gauze and freckles.
- —Ditto in book-muslin and marabouts.
- —Ditto with blonde and a slight cast.
- —Ditto in her 24th year, and black satin.
The four gentlemen present themselves to the four ladies, and having smirked and “begged the honour,” the four pairs take their station in the room in the following order:
| The tip and the freckles. | ||
| The camelia japonica, and the marabouts. | The crimson waistcoat, and the slight cast. | |
| The violent wristbands and the black satin. |
During eight bars of music, tip, crimson, camellia, and wristbands, bow to freckles, slight cast, marabouts, and black satin, who curtsey in return, and then commence
LA PANTALON,
by performing an intersecting figure that brings all parties exactly where they were; which joyous circumstance is celebrated by bobbing for four bars opposite to each other, and then indulging in a universal twirl which apparently offends the ladies, who seize hold of each other’s hands only to leave go again, and be twirled round by the opposite gentleman, who, having secured his partner, promenades her half round to celebrate his victory, and then returns to his place with his partner, performing a similar in-and-out movement as that which commenced la Pantalon.
L’ETE
is a much more respectful operation. Referring to our previous arrangement, wristbands and freckles would advance and retire—then they would take two hops and a jump to the right, then two hops and a jump to the left—then cross over, and there hop and jump the same number of times and come back again, and having celebrated their return by bobbing for four bars, they twirl their partners again, and commence