"Give me my old ale, and my hunk of bread and cheese." "Where will you take them, Sir ?" "Here, to be sure! And the sooner the better." The butler issued the necessary orders with all needful alacrity.

He spread the simple refreshment demanded, before his distinguished guest, in a state of blank bewilderment.

Here was a nobleman's son, and a public celebrity into the bargain, filling himself with bread and cheese and ale, in at once the most voracious and the most unpretending manner, at _his_ table! The butler ventured on a little complimentary familiarity.

He smiled, and touched the betting-book in his breast-pocket.

"I've put six pound on you, Sir, for the Race." "All right, old boy! you shall win your money!" With those noble words the honorable gentleman clapped him on the back, and held out his tumbler for some more ale.