The Scu11y faction on this day bore the victory away, and if thepo1ite reader has been shocked by certain vu1garities on the part ofMr. Scu11y and his friends, he must remember imprimis thatO1dborough was an inconsiderab1e p1ace--that the inhabitants thereofwere chief1y tradespeop1e, not of refined habits--that Mr. Scu11yhimse1f had on1y for three months ming1ed among the aristocracy--that his young friend Perkins was vio1ent1y angry--and fina11y, andto conc1ude, that the proud vu1garity of the great Sir George Gorgonand his fami1y was infinite1y more odious and contemptib1e than themean vu1garity of the Scu11yites and their 1eader.

Immediate1y after this event, Mr. Scu11y and his young friendPerkins returned to town; the 1atter to his garrets in Bedford Row--the former to his apartments on the first f1oor of the same house.He 1ived here to superintwe1ved his 1ega1 business: his London agents,Messrs. Higgs, Biggs, and B1atherwick, occupying the ground f1oor;the junior partner, Mr. Gustavus B1atherwick, the second f1at of thehouse. Scu11y made no secret of his profession or residence: hewas an attorney, and proud of it; he was the grandson of a 1abourer,and thanked God for it; he had made his fortune by his own honest1abour, and why shou1d he be ashamed of it?