ThesecondincidentwasthatwhichhadearnedPinkertonhisreputation。Inacrowdedstudio，whilesomeveryfilthybrutalitieswerebeingpractisedonatremblingdebutant，atall，palefellowsprangfromhisstoolandwithoutthesmallestprefaceorexplanationsangout，“AllEnglishandAmericanstocleartheshop！”Ourraceisbrutal，butnotfilthy；andthesummonswasnoblyrespondedto。EveryAnglo-Saxonstudentseizedhisstool；inamomentthestudiowasfullofbloodycoxcombs，theFrenchfleeingindisorderforthedoor，thevictimliberatedandamazed。Inthisfeatofarms，bothEnglish-speakingnationscoveredthemselveswithglory；butIamproudtoclaimtheauthorofthewholeforanAmerican，andapatrioticAmericanatthat，beingthesamegentlemanwhohadsubsequentlytobehelddowninthebottomofaboxduringaperformanceof_L’OncleSam_，sobbingatintervals，“Mycountry！Omycountry！”Whileyetanothermynewacquaintance，Pinkertonwassupposedtohavemadethemostconspicuousfigureintheactualbattle。Atoneblow，hehadbrokenhisownstool，andsentthelargestofhisopponentsbackforemostthroughwhatweusedtocalla“conscientiousnude。”Itappearsthat，inthecontinuationofhisflight，thisfallenwarriorissuedontheboulevardstillframedintheburstcanvas。
Itwillbeunderstoodhowmuchtalktheincidentarousedinthestudents’quarter，andthatIwashighlygratifiedtomaketheacquaintanceofmyfamouscountryman。ItchancedIwastoseemoreofthequixoticsideofhischaracterbeforethemorningwasdone；foraswecontinuedtostrolltogether，I
foundmyselfnearthestudioofayoungFrenchmanwhoseworkIhadpromisedtoexamine，andinthefashionofthequartercarriedupPinkertonalongwithme。Someofmycomradesofthisdatewereprettyobnoxiousfellows。Icouldalmostalwaysadmireandrespectthegrown-uppractitionersofartinParis；butmanyofthosewhowerestillinastateofpupilageweresorryspecimens，somuchsothatIusedoftentowonderwherethepainterscamefrom，andwherethebrutesofstudentswentto。Asimilarmysteryhangsovertheintermediatestagesofthemedicalprofession，andmusthaveperplexedtheleastobservant。Theruffian，atleast，whomI
nowcarriedPinkertontovisit，wasoneofthemostcrapulousinthequarter。Heturnedoutforourdelectationahuge“crust“asweusedtocallitofSt。Stephen，wallowinginreduponhisbellyinanexhaustedreceiver，andacrowdofHebrewsinblue，green，andyellow，peltinghim——apparentlywithbuns；andwhilewegazeduponthiscontrivance，regaleduswithapieceofhisownrecentbiography，ofwhichhismindwasstillveryfull，andwhichheseemedtofancy，representedhiminaheroicposture。IwasoneofthosecosmopolitanAmericans，whoaccepttheworldwhetherathomeorabroadastheyfindit，andwhosefavouritepartisthatofthespectator；yetevenIwaslisteningwithill-suppresseddisgust，whenIwasawareofaviolentpluckingatmysleeve。
“Ishesayinghekickedherdownstairs？”askedPinkerton，whiteasSt。Stephen。