The Scully faction on this day bore the victory away, and if thepolite reader has been shocked by certain vulgarities on the part ofMr. Scully and his friends, he must remember imprimis that0ldborough was an inconsiderable place--that the inhabitants thereofwere chiefly tradespeople, not of refined habits--that Mr. Scullyhimself had only for three months mingled among the aristocracy--that his young friend Perkins was violently angry--and finally, andto conclude, that the proud vulgarity of the great Sir George Gorgonand his family was infinitely more odious and contemptible than themean vulgarity of the Scullyites and their leader.

Immediately after this event, Mr. Scully and his young friendPerkins returned to town; the latter to his garrets in Bedford Row--the former to his apartments on the first floor of the same house.He lived here to superintend his legal business: his London agents,Messrs. Higgs, Biggs, and Blatherwick, occupying the ground floor;the junior partner, Mr. Gustavus Blatherwick, the second flat of thehouse. Scully made no secret of his profession or residence: hewas an attorney, and proud of it; he was the grandson of a labourer,and thanked God for it; he had made his fortune by his own honestlabour, and why should he be ashamed of it?