Are nine, though properly only two, in the order of Signs. Castor and
Pollux are the twins alluded to. Their berth in the constellations they
received from Jupiter, and very naturally too, as he was their father.
Their mother was Leda, a regular Spartan, but no relation to the present
member for Westminster. The saying of "What a shocking bad hat!" was
first applied to Castor. Beggarwomen, who exhibit two children on a door
step, very unlike one another, are relieved under the lucky star of the
Twins. Castor and Pollux go on very well till the 21st of June, when, as
it is longest day in the year, they generally get tired of one another's
company, and do not come together again for a twelvemonth.