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That he had fine ones , indeed , was evident from the rig-out he lent Jack when that worthy went to Jawleyford Court , and , in addition to those which were of the evening order , he had an uncommonly smart Stultz frock-coat , with a velvet collar , facings , and cuffs , and a silk lining . Though so rough and ready among the men , he was quite the dandy among the ladies , and was as anxious about his appearance as a girl of sixteen . He got himself clipped and trimmed , and shaved with the greatest care , curving his whiskers high on to the cheekbones , leaving a great breadth of bare fallow below . Baggs the butler was despatched betimes to Jawleyford Court with the dog-cart freighted with clothes , driven by a groom to attend to the horses , while his lordship mounted his galloping grey hack towards noon , and dashed through the country like a comet . The people , who were only accustomed to see him in his short , country-cut hunting-coats , baggy breeches , and shapeless boots , could hardly recognize the frock-coated , fancy-vested , military-trousered swell , as Lord Scamperdale . Even Titus Grabbington , the superintendent of police , declared that he would n't have known him but for his hat and specs . The latter , we need hardly say , were the silver ones -- the pair that he would not let Jack have when he went to Jawleyford Court .