thing on earth he longed for (not including the hand of Miss Crump)
it was to have a coat from Linsey's, in which costume he was sure
that Morgiana would not resist him.

If Eglantine was uneasy about the coat, on the other hand he
attacked Woolsey atrociously on the score of his wig; for though the
latter went to the best makers, he never could get a peruke to sit
naturally upon him and the unhappy epithet of Mr. Wiggins, applied
to him on one occasion by the barber, stuck to him ever after in the
club, and made him writhe when it was uttered. Each man would have
quitted the "Kidneys" in disgust long since, but for the other--for
each had an attraction in the place, and dared not leave the field
in possession of his rival.

To do Miss Morgiana justice, it must be said, that she did not
encourage one more than another; but as far as accepting
eau-de-Cologne and hair-combs from the perfumer--some opera tickets,
a treat to Greenwich, and a piece of real Genoa velvet for a bonnet
(it had originally been intended for a waistcoat), from the admiring
tailor, she had been equally kind to each, and in return had made
each a present of a lock of her beautiful glossy hair. It was all
she had to give, poor girl! and what could she do but gratify her
admirers by this cheap and artless testimony of her regard? A
pretty scene and quarrel took place between the rivals on the day
when they discovered that each was in possession of one of
Morgiana's ringlets.

Such, then, were the owners and inmates of the little "Bootjack,"
from whom and which, as this chapter is exceedingly discursive and
descriptive, we must separate the reader for a while, and carry