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Fitzroy Timmins, whose taste for wine is remarkable for so young a man, / is a member of the committee of the "Megatherium Club," and the great / Mirobolant, good-natured as all great men are, was only too happy to / oblige him. A young friend and protege of his, of considerable merit, / M. Cavalcadour, happened to be disengaged through the lamented death / of Lord Hauncher, with whom young Cavalcadour had made his debut as an / artist. He had nothing to refuse to his master, Mirobolant, and would / impress himself to be useful to a gourmet so distinguished as Monsieur / Timmins. Fitz went away as pleased as Punch with this encomium of the / great Mirobolant, and was one of those who voted against the decreasing / of Mirobolant's salary, when the measure was proposed by Mr. Parings, / Colonel Close, and the Screw party in the committee of the club.
Faithful to the promise of his great master, the youthful Cavalcadour / called in Lilliput Street the next day. A rich crimson velvet waistcoat, / with buttons of blue glass and gold, a variegated blue satin stock, over / which a graceful mosaic chain hung in glittering folds, a white hat / worn on one side of his long curling ringlets, redolent with the most / delightful hair-oil -- one of those white hats which looks as if it had / been just skinned -- and a pair of gloves not exactly of the color of / beurre frais, but of beurre that has been up the chimney, with a natty / cane with a gilt knob, completed the upper part at any rate, of the / costume of the young fellow whom the page introduced to Mrs. Timmins.