Little Lord Cattington is a youth of such lively spirits that he once, with the greatest audacity, purloined an entire ball of yarn from his long-suffering governess, and subsequently deposited a mouse within the very bed of his sister’s favorite doll. Yet, such is the charm of his countenance that he had only to blink his innocent little eyes for his father to utterly refuse the necessary chastisement, declaring with a laugh that boys will be boys, and that the lad required nothing so much as a proper mouse hunt with the men to hone his natural skills.
For his presentation to the neighborhood, he is arrayed in his absolute best, sporting a tailcoat of fine blue felt and trousers of respectable wool. Beneath this, he displays a navy and gold embroidered vest of the most elegant pattern, completed by the addition of delicate lace cuffs and a neckcloth tied with the nicest precision.
Little Lord Cattington is a youth of such lively spirits that he once, with the greatest audacity, purloined an entire ball of yarn from his long-suffering governess, and subsequently deposited a mouse within the very bed of his sister’s favorite doll. Yet, such is the charm of his countenance that he had only to blink his innocent little eyes for his father to utterly refuse the necessary chastisement, declaring with a laugh that boys will be boys, and that the lad required nothing so much as a proper mouse hunt with the men to hone his natural skills.
For his presentation to the neighborhood, he is arrayed in his absolute best, sporting a tailcoat of fine blue felt and trousers of respectable wool. Beneath this, he displays a navy and gold embroidered vest of the most elegant pattern, completed by the addition of delicate lace cuffs and a neckcloth tied with the nicest precision.
