The Second Quarter
The letter Toby had received from Aiderman Cute, was addressed to a great man in the great diftrid; of the town. The greatest district of the town. It must have been the greatest district of the town, because it was commonly called “the world” by its inhabitants.
The letter positively seemed heavier in Toby’s hand than another letter. Not because the Aiderman had sealed it with a very large coat of arms and no end of wax, but because of the weighty name on the superscription, and the ponderous amount of gold and silver with which it was associated.
How different from us!” thought Toby, in all simplicity and earnestness, as he looked at the direction. “Divide the lively turtles in the bills of mortality, by the number of gentle-folks able to buy ’em; and whose share does he take but his37
