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Burlesques

CHAPTER XXIV
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I fremis to think that I may meet them at the board to-day." Singlar to say, Peel and Palmerston didn't dine at the "Hotel de l'Ail" on that evening.

"It's quite igstronnary they don't come," said Munseer de l'Ail.
"Peraps they're ingaged at some boxing-match or some combaw de cock," Munseer Jools sejested; and the landlord egreed that was very likely.
Instedd of English there was, however, plenty of foring sociaty, of every nation under the sun.

Most of the noblemen were great hamatures of hale and porter.

The tablecloth was marked over with brown suckles, made by the pewter-pots on that and the previous days.
"It is the usage here," wrote Jools to his newspaper, "among the Anglais of the fashonne to absorb immense quantities of ale and porter during their meals.

These stupefying, but cheap, and not unpalatable liquors are served in shining pewter vessels.


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