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The Astonishing History of Troy Town

CHAPTER III
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What is it ?" "Fill the warming-pan at once.

I'm going to bed." "To bed, love!" "Yes, to bed.

Don't I speak plainly enough?
To bed, ma'am, to bed, and at once." "You are upset, dearest; be cool, I implore you." "Be cool! Be coo'-- Don't hector me, ma'am, but fetch that warming-pan at once.

I'll teach you about being cool! Sophy, pull off my boots." They obeyed.

The warming-pan was brought--an enormous engine, big enough to hold the Admiral himself--and the bed heated.


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