"usurped its place." We find this superannuated instrument in the "antique" dealers' shops, at a good figure—a quaint old world thing, of a sort of old-fashioned cut and pattern. There only do people appear to trouble themselves about it.
"Chops and tomato sauce." This too is superannuated also. A more correct taste is now chops au naturel, and relying on their own natural juices; but we have cutlets, with tomatos.
Again, are little boys no longer clad in "a tight suit of corduroy, spangled with brass buttons of very considerable size: "indeed corduroy is seldom seen save on the figures of some chic ladies. And how fortunate to live in days when a smart valet could be secured for twelve pounds a year, and two suits;[1] and not less.
Surprising too was the valet's accustomed dress. "A grey coat, a black hat, with a
- ↑ As I write it is mentioned in some "society case" that the valet received £63 a year, and 30s. a month "beer money."
