We shall have half the town for spectators." "Who are these ?" quoth Gascoigne, stepping aside and craning his neck to get a better view.

"Ah! Here they come." And he indicated a group of three that had that moment passed the palings.
Gascoigne and Wharton went to meet the newcomers.

Lord Rotherby was attended by Mainwaring, a militia captain--a great, burly, scarred bully of a man--and a Mr.Falgate, an extravagant young buck of his acquaintance.

An odder pair of sponsors he could not have found had he been at pains to choose them so.
"Adso!" swore Mr.Falgate, in his shrill, affected voice.

"I vow 'tis a most ungenteel hour, this, for men of quality to be abroad.