Page 5: The page with Too Much Text

I think we can all sympathize with this situation.

For design purposes, I probably should have taken this page and the next and rearranged them into 3 pages. Oh well.
There's a hat tucked under his arm. Hats were both an article of clothing and a fashion accessory. There was one style that was designed to be carried rather than worn! Common folk had a variety of hats and head coverings according to their trade; a gentleman at this time would wear a bicorn (think Napoleon) or a tricorn (think American Revolution).

Gentlemen carried canes when they went about in the city, and not just for infirmity. The canes fended off thugs and pickpockets. An organized police force did not exist for another 70 years, so you were pretty much on your own there. There were no street lamps, as gas lights hadn't been invented yet, so the nights were dark indeed.  If you wanted light, you hired a boy to lead the way with a lamp.