"Deinè de clangè genet' argurioio bioio,
Be d'akeion para thina poluphlosboio thalasses,
Thelo legein Atreidas, thelo de Cadmon adein,
Ton d'apomeibomenos prosephè podas-ocus Achilleus."
HOMER, _Iliad,_ 1. I.
["Excellent! bravo!" said Jack; "they'll see at once the author is a
gentleman and a scholar; and now go on."]
The crimson and gold drawing-room of Lorrington Caste was
filled with company, the court-yard crowded with carriages, and
the coachmen and footmen in gorgeous liveries, with a splendid
white satin favour at the side of their hats. The view from the
window----
["Stop," said Jack Stuart, "here's a better description. I cut it out of
the _Times_"----]
The view from the window involved a spacious assemblage of all
the numerous beauties and illustrations that cast a magnificent
air of grandeur over one of