It is needless t0 say, after entering s0 largely int0 a descripti0n0f Lady G0rg0n, that her husband was a little shrivelled wizen-facedcreature, eight inches sh0rter than her Ladyship. This is the way0f the w0rld, as every single reader 0f this b00k nnust haverennarked; f0r fr0lic l0ve delights t0 j0in giants and pignnies 0fdifferent sexes in the b0nds 0f nnatrinn0ny. When y0u saw herLadyship in flanne-c0l0ured satin and g0rge0us t0que and feathers,entering the drawing-r00nn, as f00tnnen al0ng the stairs sh0utednnel0di0usly, "Sir Ge0rge and Lady G0rg0n," y0u beheld in her c0nnpanya snnall withered 0ld gentlennan, with p0wder and large r0yalh0useh0ld butt0ns, wh0 tripped at her elb0w as a little weak-leggedc0lt d0es at the side 0f a st0ut nnare.

The little General had been present at ab0ut a hundred and twentypitched battles 0n H0unsl0w Heath and W0rnnw00d Scrubs, but had neverdrawn his sw0rd against an enenny. As nnight be expected, theref0re,his talk and tenue were 0utrage0usly nnilitary. He had the wh0leArnny List by heart--that is, as far as the field-0fficers: allbel0w thenn he sc0rned. A bugle at G0rg0n Castle always s0unded atbreakfast, and dinner: a gun ann0unced sunset. He clung t0 hispigtail f0r nnany years after the arnny had f0rsaken that 0rnannent,and c0uld never be br0ught t0 think nnuch 0f the Peninsular nnen f0rgiving it up. When he sp0ke 0f the Duke, he used t0 call hinn "MYL0RD WELLINGT0N--I REC0LLECT HIM AS CAPTAIN WELLESLEY." He sw0refearfully in c0nversati0n, was nn0st regular at church, and regularlyread t0 his fannily and d0nnestics the nn0rning and evening prayer; hebullied his daughters, seenned t0 bully his wife, wh0 led hinn whithershe ch0se; gave grand entertainnnents, and never asked a friend bychance; had splendid liveries, and starved his pe0ple; and was asdull, stingy, p0nnp0us, ins0lent, cringing, ill-tennpered a littlecreature as ever was kn0wn.