. Thackerayana;. th which his apartments were fur-nished presently in the most perfect good taste, as was allowedin the University, where this young fellow got no small reputation. He was elaborately attired. He would ogle the ladies whocame to lionise the University and passed before him on the armsof happy gownsmen, and give his opinion upon their personal COLLEGE DA VS. 55 charms, or their toilettes, with the gravity of a critic whose expe-rience entitled him to speak with authority. Men used to saythey had been walking with Pen-dennis, and were as pleased to beseen in his company as some o
. Thackerayana;. th which his apartments were fur-nished presently in the most perfect good taste, as was allowedin the University, where this young fellow got no small reputation. He was elaborately attired. He would ogle the ladies whocame to lionise the University and passed before him on the armsof happy gownsmen, and give his opinion upon their personal COLLEGE DA VS. 55 charms, or their toilettes, with the gravity of a critic whose expe-rience entitled him to speak with authority. Men used to saythey had been walking with Pen-dennis, and were as pleased to beseen in his company as some ofus would be if we walked with aduke down Pall Mall. He andthe proctor capped each other asthey met, as if they were rivalpowers, and the men hardly knewwhich was the greater. In fact, in the course of hissecond year, Arthur Pendennishad become one of the men offashion in the university. It is curious to watch that facile admiration and simple fidelity ofyouth. They hang round a leader and wonder at him, and love. Well on
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