The things we do!

Mr. George Warrington was hugely amused with this notion of Florac's
ranks and dignities. The idea of the Prince purchasing penny cigars; of
the Prince mildly expostulating with his landlady regarding the rent; of
his punting for half-crowns at a neighbouring hall in Air Street, whither
the poor gentleman desperately ran when he had money in his pocket,
tickled George's sense of humour. It was Warrington who gravely saluted
the Vicomte, and compared him to King Alfred, on that afternoon when we
happened to call upon him and found him engaged in cooking his modest
dinner.
We were bent upon an excursion to Greenwich, and on having our friend's
company on that voyage, and we induced the Vicomte to forgo his bacon,
and be our guest for once. George Warrington chose to indulge in a great
deal of ironical pleasantry in the course of the afternoon's excursion.
As we went down the river, he pointed out to Florac the very window in
the Tower where the captive Duke of Orleans used to sit when he was an
inhabitant of that fortress.


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