Handley Cross; ou, la chasse de MrJorrock . nkwhite cheveux, couper uniformément autour de sa tête, comme s'il avait été fait par les bords d'un bassin de barbiers. Benjamin avait augmenté la considération de son propre avis, par l'acquisition d'une paire de bottes top-botte, et l'hisonation de l'hipper-in aux hounds, dans lequel il était un gooddeal soutenu par la déférence habituellement payée par les serviteurs de pays à Londres ceux. Comme toutes les chambres à selle de l'auberge, le Dragon One était un peu long dans ses dimensions, et ce qu'il y avait peu, était sans aucun prix, par des ensembles de harnais divers accrochés contre les murs, et des supports de selle divergents, bottes-

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Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . nkwhite hair, cut evenly round his head, as though it had been done bythe edges of a barbers basin. Benjamin had increased considerablyin his own opinion, by the acquisition of a pair of top-boots, and hisappointment of whipper-in to the hounds, in which he was a gooddeal supported by the deference usually paid by country servants toLondon ones. Like all inn saddle-rooms, the Dragon one was somewhat con-tracted in its dimensions, and what little there was, was renderedless, by sundry sets of harness hanging against the walls, and diverssaddle-stands, boot-trees, knife-cleaners, broken pitchforks, andbottles with candles in their necks, scattered promiscuously around.Nevertheless, there was a fire, to keep hot water ready, and abovethe fire-place were sundry smoke-dried hand-bills of country horsesfor the by-gone season— Jumper—Clever Clumsy—Barney Bodkin—Billy Button, &c.—while logs of wood, three-legged stools, andinverted horse-pails, served the place of chairs around.. BENJAMIN IN THE SADDLE-ROGM* K 2 6tt, MB. JORBOGKSS EUNT. 109 On the boiler side of the fire, away from the door—for no one hasa greater regard for No. 1 than himself—sat the renowned BenjaminBrady, in a grooms drab frock coat, reaching down to his heels, asky-blue waistcoat, patent cord breeches, with grey worsted stockings, and slippers, airing a pair of very small mud-stained top-boots beforethe fire, occasionally feeling the scratches on bis iace, and the bitesthe fox inflicted on his nose the previous day—next him, sat the first pair toy out, a grey-headed old man of sixty, whose jacket, breeches, boots, entire person, in fact, were concealed by a long brownholland thing, that gave him the appearance of sitting booted andspurred in his night-shirt. Then came the ostlers lad, a boy oisome eight or nine years old, rolling about on the flags, playing withthe saddle-room cat ; and, immediately before the fire, on a largeinverted horse-pail, sat S

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