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Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., made a pathetic figure limping about the Grenvilles' party in fresh, flawless Hessians.
“Begad, at least the French do not pay their shoemakers for the privilege of pinching their limbs!” His harangues distracted the more astute of the gathered élite from noting how one foot was subtly favored over the other, nor how well his crimson breeches disguised any other betrayal of physical distress.