My uncle had just set forth, as was his custom of an evening, clad in his green riding-frock, his plate buttons, his Cordovan boots, and his round hat, to show himself upon his crop-tailed tit in the Mall.
Mon oncle venait de se mettre en route, vêtu, comme c'était son habitude le soir, de son grand habit vert de cheval, aux boutons d'argent, chaussé de ses bottes en cuir de Cordoue, coiffé de son chapeau rond, pour se montrer au Mail, sur son petit cheval à queue coupée court.