[Illustration]
[Illustration: THE STEAM-LAUNCH IN VENICE
("SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI")
_'Andsome 'Arriet._ "Ow my! If it 'yn't that bloomin' old Temple Bar,
as they did aw'y with out o' Fleet Street!"
_Mr. Belleville_ (_referring to Guide-book_). "Now, it 'yn't! It's the
fymous Bridge o' _Sighs_, as _Byron_ went and stood on; 'im as wrote
_Our Boys_, yer know!"
_'Andsome 'Arriet._ "Well, I _never!_ It 'yn't _much_ of a _Size_,
any'ow!"
_Mr. Belleville._ "'Ear! 'ear Fustryte!"]