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continued his tutoress . `` Well enough , well enough , '' replied he with a nod ; `` I have heard the dice rattle there in my day , before I must set up for gentleman , and go among the gallants at the Shavaleer Bojo 's , as they call him , -- the worse rookery of the two , though the feathers are the gayest . '' `` And they will have a respect for thee yonder , I warrant ? '' `` Ay , ay , '' replied Vin , `` when I am got into my fustian doublet again , with my bit of a trunnion under my arm , I can walk Alsatia at midnight as I could do that there Fleet Street in midday -- they will not one of them swagger with the prince of ` prentices , and the king of clubs -- they know I could bring every tall boy in the ward down upon them . '' `` And you know all the watermen , and so forth ? '' `` Can converse with every sculler in his own language , from Richmond to Gravesend , and know all the water-cocks , from John Taylor the Poet to little Grigg the Grinner , who never pulls but he shows all his teeth from ear to ear , as if he were grimacing through a horse-collar . '' `` And you can take any dress or character upon you well , such as a waterman 's , a butcher 's , a foot-soldier 's , '' continued Ursula , `` or the like ? ''