18/29 Could you but have seen the smile on Jack Churchill's grave face at this piece of generosity! So, beckoning Colonel Cadogan up to him, he pinched his Ear and whispered-- CAPTAIN. "May I have the honour to dance a minuet with your Ladyship ?" The whole room was in titters at Jack's blunder; for, as you know very well, poor Lady Susan HAS A WOODEN LEG. Ha! ha! fancy a minuet and a wooden leg, hey, my dear ?-- MRS.CATHERINE. Giggle--giggle--giggle: he! he! he! Oh, Captain, you rogue, you-- SECOND TABLE. Haw! haw! haw! Well you be a foony mon, Sergeant, zure enoff. |