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CHAPTER
XVIII
"
Costly
tKy
tabit
as
thy
purse
can
buy.
But
not
expressed
in
fancy
;
rich,
not
gaudy
For
the
apparel
oft
claims
a
man.'
—
Shakespeare.
Once
It
"
took
nine
tailors
to
make
a
man,"
and
no
less
a
person
than
Byron
vouched
for
this
ancient
He.
Nowadays,
It
takes
a
Man
as
Is
a
Man
to
make
a
Tailor,
and
a
Fat
Bank
Account
to
pay
him.
It
Is
not
the
province
of
the
writer
to
presume
to
lay
down
hard
and
fast
rules
for
the
dress
of
the
bachelor.
It
Is
granted
that
he
knows
best
how
he
would
dress,
according
to
his
sta-
tion.
As
a
"
London
tradesman
In
a
dress
suit
reminds
one
of
a
doyley
on
a
stove
lid,"
clothes
have
un-made
the
man
quite
as
often
as
they've
made
him.
King
Edward,
who
Is
taken
as
a
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