[_Fights hard for a front place._ _Procession passing._ _Impertinent Female (to gorgeous Coachman)._ 'Ow you _'ave_ altered! _Well-informed Person (pointing out City Marshal)._ That's Sir CHARLES, that is! _Unemployed (smarting with sense of recent wrongs)._ Yah, toirant! [_The C. M. beams with gratification._ _Open carriages pass, containing Aldermen in tall hats and fur-coats._ _Critical Crowd._ Brush yer 'ats! There's a nose! Oh, ain't he bin 'avin' a go at the sherry afore he started, neither! 'Ere comes old "Sir BEN"--that's 'im in the white pot 'at! [_They cheer_ Sir BEN--_without, however, any clear notion why_. _Allegorical Cars pass._ _Crowd._ Don't they look chilly up there! 'Old on to your globe, Sir! Don't ketch cold in them tights, Miss! They've run up agin somethink, that lot 'ave. See where it's all bent in--eh? _Lord Mayor's Coach passes._ _Crowd._ 'Ooray! That's 'im with the muff on. No, it ain't, yer soft 'ed! It's 'im in the feathered 'at a-layin' back. Whoy don't yer let 'im set on yer lap, Guv'nor? &c., &c. _A block. Lady Mayoress's Coach stopping._ _Crowd._ There's dresses! They must ha' cost a tidy penny! _Agitator._ Wrung out of the pockets of the poor working-man! _I'd_ dress 'em, I would! Why should sech as you and me keep the likes o' them in laziness? If we 'ad our rights, it's _us_ as 'ud be riding in their places! _Artisan (after a glance at him)._ Dunno as the Show'd be much the prettier to look at for _that_, mate. _After the Procession._ _Practical Pleasure-seeker (who has been pushed into a back row, and seen nothing but the banners, to_ DUGGIE _and_ WEETIE, _miraculously recovered_). Thank Heaven, they're found! Children, let this be a lesson to you in future never to----What? Seen the Show beautifully, have you? (_Boiling over._) Oh, very well--wait till I get you home! _The Female P._ Now, don't say another word, JOHN,--anyone but an _idiot_ would have _known_ that that cart would be turned down a back-street! If I hadn't _insisted_ on getting out when I did, we should have missed the Show altogether. Policeman, is the Show ever coming? Shall we get a good view from here? _Policeman._ Capital view, Mum--if you don't mind waiting till next November! [_Tableau. Curtain._ * * * * * [Illustration: INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS. No. 53. THE FIRST MEET OF THE SEASON.] * * * * * The Ingratitude of Grandolph.