D'Artagnan, the King Maker — page 73: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

64 A New Bidder. “Well, things go by halves in this world. One may be a gentleman—the other a lout | “Then the lord will cudgel the lout if he is impudent to the lady!” “Oh,” muttered Elizor, to whom this phase had not presented itself. GOMIGDOOkSGom