text:  Of those happy surprize invitations--those unexpected extemporaneous dinners that as they come without thinking or expectation so go off with _eclat_ and leave behind the memory of a cheerful evening--he has no idea; a man of fashion whose place is fixed and who has only himself to please will ask you to a slice of crimped cod and a hash of mutton without ceremony; and when he puts a cool bottle on the table after a dinner that he and his friend have really enjoyed will never so much as apologize with "my dear sir I fear you have had a wretched dinner " or "I wish I had known: I should have had something better