It was so in this case; the transient dignity of the unhappy man decreased, in exact proportion as the 'reviver' wore off.

The knees of the unmentionables, and the elbows of the coat, and the seams generally, soon began to get alarmingly white.
The hat was once more deposited under the table, and its owner crept into his seat as quietly as ever.
There was a week of incessant small rain and mist.

At its expiration the 'reviver' had entirely vanished, and the shabby-genteel man never afterwards attempted to effect any improvement in his outward appearance.
It would be difficult to name any particular part of town as the principal resort of shabby-genteel men.

We have met a great many persons of this description in the neighbourhood of the inns of court.

They may be met with, in Holborn, between eight and ten any morning; and whoever has the curiosity to enter the Insolvent Debtors' Court will observe, both among spectators and practitioners, a great variety of them.