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Chapter 16

           Ialsobettedheavily,oneverythingthatcouldbemadethesubjectofabet—andnottobebehindmypeersin‘style’and‘knowledgeoftheworld’Ifrequentedlowhousesandallowedafewhalf-nudebrandy-soakeddancersandvulgarmusic-hall‘artistes’togetacoupleofthousandpoundsworthofjewelsoutofme,becausethissortofthingwascalled‘seeinglife’andwasdeemedpartofa‘gentleman’s’diversion.Heavens!—whatbeastsweallwere,Iandmyaristocraticbooncompanions!—whatutterlyworthless,useless,callousscoundrels!—andyet—weassociatedwiththebestandthehighestintheland;—thefairestandnoblestladiesinLondonreceivedusintheirhouseswithsmilesandsoftly-wordedflatteries—we—whosepresencereekedwithvice;we,‘youngmenoffashion’whom,ifhehadknownourlivesastheywere,anhonestcobblerworkingpatientlyfordailybread,mighthavespatupon,incontemptandindignationthatsuchlowrascalsshouldbepermittedtoburdentheearth!Sometimes,butveryseldom,Rimânezjoinedourgamblingandmusic-hallparties,andonsuchoccasionsInoticedthathe,asitwere,‘lethimselfgo’andbecamethewildestofusall.

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