Billings。Andasthereadermayrememberthat，onthedayofTommy’sfirstinterviewwithhisfather，hehadpreviouslypaidavisittoMrs。Briggs，havingunderhisarmapairofbreeches，whichMrs。Briggscoveted——heshouldnowbeinformedthatshedesiredthesebreeches，notforpincushions，butforMr。Moffat，whohadlongbeeninwantofapair。
HavingthusepisodicallynarratedMr。Moffat’shistory，letusstatethathe，hislady，andtheirfriends，passedbeforetheCount’sarbour，joininginamelodiouschorustoasongwhichoneofthesociety，anactorofBetterton’s，wassinging：
\"’Tismywill，whenI’mdead，thatnotearshallbeshed，No’Hicjacet’begravedonmystone；
Butpouro’ermyashesabottleofred，Andsayagoodfellowisgone，Mybraveboys！
Andsayagoodfellowisgone。\"