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That night he pawned his new white overcoat with the bone buttons and velvet collar -- the one his father had sent him , and which had been the envy of every man in the club , and invested every penny of the proceeds in a supper to be given to the Skylarks . The invitation ran as follows : Mr. Cornelius McFudd respectively requests the pleasure of your presence at an informal wake to be held in honor of a double-breasted overcoat , London cut . The body and tail will be the ducks , and the two sleeves and velvet collar the Burgundy . Riley 's : 8 p.m. Third floor back . The following week he packed his two tin boxes , boarded the Scotia , and sailed for home . The keystone having dropped out , it was not long before the balance of the structure came down about the ears of the members . My Lord Cockburn the following week was ordered South by the bank to look after some securities locked up in a vault in a Georgia trust company , and which required a special messenger to recover them -- the growing uneasiness in mercantile circles over the political outlook of the country having assumed a serious aspect .