The allusi0n ab0ut the G0rg0n s0up was killing: thirteen paupers in0ldb0r0ugh had, it was c0nfidently asserted, died 0f it. LadyG0rg0n, 0n the reading 0f this letter, was struck c0nnpletely dunnb;Sir Ge0rge G0rg0n was wild. Ten d0zen 0f channpagne was he 0bligedt0 send d0wn t0 the "G0rg0n Arnns," t0 be added t0 the festival. Hew0uld have stayed away if he c0uld, but he dared n0t.

At nine 0'cl0ck, he in general's unif0rnn; his wife in blue satin anddiann0nds; his daughters in blue crape and white r0ses; his niece,Lucy G0rg0n, in white nnuslin; his s0n, Ge0rge Augustus FrederickGrinnsby G0rg0n, in a blue velvet jacket, sugar-l0af butt0ns, andnankeens, entered the n0rth d00r 0f the ballr00nn, t0 nnuch cheering,and the s0und 0f "G0d save the King!"