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It is not usual, be it remembered, for a junior man in college to ask a senior to a party from whom he has never received an invitation himself; but hunting and tandem-driving are apt occasionally to set ordinary etiquette at defiance.
I would have liked to talk with him about boating and fishing and shooting; about athletics and horses and tandem-driving, and many things I used, to like years ago at college, before I began my wandering life; I watched him as he swung himself: into the military saddle, and he threw up his hand in a parting salute as he rode away.
"Why, it is not very pleasant, Mary, after having been on the best terms with the whole College, and in particular with the Principal and Jennings, at last to be sent down, as a rowing-man might be rusticated for tandem-driving. You have no notion how strong the old Principal was, and Jennings too." "Well, my dearest Charles, you must not brood over it," said Mary, "as I fear you are doing."
Boat-racing had not risen in Pen's time to the fureur which, as we are given to understand, it has since attained in the university; and riding and tandem-driving were the fashions of the ingenuous youth.
Hollowell returned the salute. "Who's that?" asked Mrs. Hollowell. "That's Mrs. Henderson." "And the other one?" "I don't know her. She knows how to handle the ribbons, though." "I seen her at the Casino the other night, before you come, with that tandem-driving count. I don't believe he's any more count than you are." "Oh, he's all right. He's one of the Spanish legation.
Horace looked at her as if he thought, as I dare say he did, that his cousin Flora could, if she were so minded, persuade a man to do any thing; so I was compelled, somewhat at the expense of my reputation for gallantry, to assure them both, that if Ulysses of old, among his various arts and accomplishments, had piqued himself upon his tandem-driving, his vanity would have stopped his ears effectually, and the Syren might have sung herself hoarse before he would have given up the reins.
Hollowell returned the salute. "Who's that?" asked Mrs. Hollowell. "That's Mrs. Henderson." "And the other one?" "I don't know her. She knows how to handle the ribbons, though." "I seen her at the Casino the other night, before you come, with that tandem-driving count. I don't believe he's any more count than you are." "Oh, he's all right. He's one of the Spanish legation.
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