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'Great poet, sir, said the dapper man, turning away too, 'but unhappy fate of genius, sir; I, too, am frequently unhappy. Hurrying down a street to the right, I encountered Francis Ardry. 'What means the multitude yonder? he demanded. 'They are looking after the hearse which is carrying the remains of Byron up Tottenham Road.
'Divert myself! said I; 'and where am I to find the means? 'Be that care on my shoulders, said Francis Ardry. 'Listen to me my uncles have been so delighted with the favourable accounts which they have lately received from T of my progress in oratory, that, in the warmth of their hearts, they made me a present yesterday of two hundred pounds.
Good, sir—very good!’ as the voice of Francis Ardry declined gradually in vehemence. ‘And now a little pathos, sir—try them with a little pathos. That won’t do, sir—that won’t do,’—as Francis Ardry made an attempt to become pathetic,—‘that will never pass for pathos—with tones and gesture of that description you will never redress the wrongs of your country.
"Now," said I to Francis Ardry, "follow me, I am a person of some authority in this house;" thereupon I led Francis Ardry into the house, and a word which I said to a waiter forthwith installed Francis Ardry in a comfortable private sitting-room, and his trunk in the very best sleeping-room of our extensive establishment.
‘Qui est celui-ci?’ demanded the small female, impatiently. ‘C’est—mon ami le plus intime; so you were about to leave London, without telling me a word,’ said Francis Ardry, somewhat angrily. ‘I intended to have written to you,’ said I: ‘what a splendid mare that is.’ ‘Is she not?’ said Francis Ardry, who was holding in the mare with difficulty; ‘she cost a hundred guineas.’
So Francis Ardry came to see me, and right glad I was to see him, for I had just flung my books and papers aside, and was wishing for a little social converse; and when we had conversed for some little time together, Francis Ardry proposed that we should go to the play to see Kean; so we went to the play, and saw not Kean, who at that time was ashamed to show himself, but a man who was not ashamed to show himself, and who people said was a much better man than Kean as I have no doubt he was though whether he was a better actor I cannot say, for I never saw Kean.
Francis Ardry said he was one of the two great men whom the world has produced, the other being Napoleon; I replied that I believed Tamerlane was a greater man than either; but Francis Ardry knew nothing of Tamerlane, save what he had gathered from the play of Timour the Tartar. 'No, said he, 'Alexander and Napoleon are the great men of the world, their names are known everywhere.
Now, my plan is this Take the money, dress yourself fashionably, and conduct Annette's sister to Bagnigge Wells. 'And what should we do at Bagnigge Wells? 'Do! said Francis Ardry. 'Dance! 'But, said I, 'I scarcely know anything of dancing. 'Then here's an excellent opportunity of improving yourself.
'No, said Francis Ardry, 'something higher and much more rational than dog-fighting at present occupies my thoughts. 'Dear me, said I, 'I thought I had heard you say that there was nothing like it! 'Like what? said Francis Ardry. 'Dog-fighting, to be sure, said I. 'Pooh, said Francis Ardry; 'who but the gross and unrefined care anything for dog-fighting?
I was aware that Francis Ardry was an excellent fellow; but, on that very account, I felt, under existing circumstances, a delicacy in visiting him. It is very possible that he had an inkling of how matters stood, as he presently began to talk of my affairs and prospects.
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