Old Minshull leant forward on his stick, and with pursed lips peered at the three figures approaching. One was a burly man in the prime of life, dressed in semi-military garb—a feathered hat, long red coat marked with many stains and wanting some buttons, leather breeches, and spurred boots. His features were coarse and red, his eyes prominent and blood-shot; he walked with a swagger, his left hand on his sword-hilt. The second was a youth of some twenty years, dressed in the extremity of foppishness. A black hat, looped up and cocked over one eye, crowned a full auburn wig fastidiously curled. The coat was blue, the waistcoat purple, open to display a fine holland shirt. A laced steinkirk was tucked in at the breast. The breeches matched the vest, the stockings were of red silk, the shoes had high red heels and large silver buckles. In Mr. Piers Berkeley’s mouth was a toothpick; from one of the buttons of his coat dangled an amber-headed cane. The third figure was a striking contrast to the others. He was tall and thin and bent, with pale wrinkled cheeks and bushy white eyebrows that ill matched his dark wig. He scarcely lifted his eyes from the ground as he moved slowly along, leaning heavily upon a silver-knobbed stick. His dress was fusty and of a bygone mode; to a Londoner the old man must have resembled a figure out of a picture of Charles the Second’s time. "Who’s this queer old put ambling along, Frank?" asked my lord. "The rascals there avoid him as he had the plague." "On my life I don’t know, sir," replied Mr. Godolphin. "The fellow with him might stand for Bobadil himself." "Or for Captain Bluffe in Mr. Congreve’s play." "And the young sprig wants a kicking." "Sarvant, my lord," put in Sherebiah, who was standing by; "’tis old Squire, and young Squire, and—— No, I won’t say ’t; a wise head keeps a still tongue; I won’t say ’t, leastways when a fowl o’ the air med carry it where ’twould do me and feyther o’ mine no manner o’ good." The crowd parted with a kind of sullen unwilling respect to make way for the new-comers. Suddenly the squire paused, as the elder of his two companions addressed him; flashing an angry glance at him, he said a few vehement words in a low tone that no one else could hear. Captain Ralph Aglionby laughed aloud, shrugged carelessly, and sauntered across the common towards the tent. The squire followed him with a dark glance for a moment, then resumed his slow progress with his son, and came to within a few feet of Lord Godolphin’s carriage. "Your lordship’s servant," he said with a profound bow, copied with elaborate elegance by his son. His voice was thin and hard, a voice that set the teeth on edge. "I heard your lordship was on the ground, and made bold to come and pay my duty to your lordship." "I am vastly beholden to you, Mr.——"