ascend to man. His nature and destiny too, the fact that

brilliancy, the vivacity of youth which chaste or studious habits have

the virtue to retain. Dressed like a man who is careless of his

clothes, Georges wore a pair of shabby trousers, with straps intended

for varnished boots; but his were of leather, thick-soled, ill-

blacked, and of many months' wear. A faded waistcoat, a cravat,

pretentiously tied, although the material was a worn-out foulard,

bespoke the secret distress to which a former dandy sometimes falls a

prey. Moreover, Georges appeared at this hour of the morning in an