of the celebrated fluid which formed the chief commodity there vended. Titmouse with a little hesitation, asked this gentleman what was the price of their article "for turning _light_ hair black"--and was answered--"only seven and sixpence for the smaller-sized bottle." One was in a twinkling placed upon the counter, where it lay like a miniature mummy, swathed, as it were, in manifold advertisements. "You'll find the fullest directions within, and testimonials from the highest nobility to the wonderful efficacy of the 'CYANOCHAITANTHROPOPOION.'"[12] "_Sure_ it will do, sir?" inquired Titmouse, anxiously. "Is _my_ hair dark enough to your taste, sir?" said the gentleman, with a calm and bland manner--"because I owe it entirely to this invaluable specific." "Do you, indeed, sir?" inquired Titmouse: adding with a sigh, "but, between ourselves, look at mine!"--and, lifting off his hat for a moment, he exhibited a great crop of bushy, carroty hair. "Whew! rather ugly that, sir!"--exclaimed the gentleman, looking very serious--"What a curse it is to be born with such hair, isn't it?" "'Pon my life I think so, sir!" answered Titmouse, mournfully; "and do you really say, sir, that this what's-its-name turned _yours_ of that beautiful black?" "Think? 'Pon my honor, sir,--certain; no mistake, I assure you! I was fretting myself into my grave about the color of my hair! Why, sir, there was a nobleman in here (I don't like to mention names) the other day, with a head that seemed as if it had been dipped into water, and then powdered with brick-dust; but--I assure you, the Cyanochaitanthropopoion was too much for it--it turned black in a very short time. You should have seen his lordship's ecstasy--[the speaker saw that Titmouse would swallow anything; so he went on with a confident air]--and in a month's time he had married a beautiful woman whom he had loved from a child, but who had vowed she could never bring herself to marry a man with such a head of hair." "How long does it take to do all this, sir?" interrupted Titmouse, eagerly, with a beating heart.