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Well do I remember that shop, the oily-faced, sandy-whiskered proprietor, his betting-book, the cheap cigars along the counter, the one-eyed nondescript who leaned his evening away against the counter, and was supposed to know some one who knew Lord 's footman, and the great man often spoken of, but rarely seen he who made "a two-'undred pound book on the Derby"; and the constant coming and going of the cabmen "Half an ounce of shag, sir."
Well do I remember that shop, the oily-faced, sandy-whiskered proprietor, his betting-book, the cheap cigars along the counter, the one-eyed nondescript who leaned his evening away against the counter, and was supposed to know some one who knew Lord 's footman, and the great man often spoken of, but rarely seen he who made "a two-'undred pound book on the Derby"; and the constant coming and going of the cabmen "Half an ounce of shag, sir."
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