I have never in my life succeeded in being this. Sometimes I get a new
suit and am tidy for a while in part, meanwhile the hat, tie, boots,
gloves and underclothing all clamour for attention and, before I have got
them well in hand, the new suit has lost its freshness. Still, if ever I
do get any money, I will try and make myself really spruce all round till
I find out, as I probably shall in about a week, that if I give my
clothes an inch they will take an ell. [1880.]