[Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookBurlesques CHAPTER IX 37/65
"We keep him, for he's very useful to throw stones at, and he keeps the chaps' coats when there's a fight, or a game at cricket .-- Well, Hicks, how's your mother? what's the row now ?" "I believe, my lord," said the usher, very meekly, "there is a pugilistic encounter somewhere on the premises--the Honorable Mr.Mac--" "Oh! COME along," said Lord Lollypop, "come along: this way, ma'am! Go it, ye cripples!" And my lord pulled my dear Jemmy's gown in the kindest and most familiar way, she trotting on after him, mightily pleased to be so taken notice of, and I after her.
A little boy went running across the green.
"Who is it, Petitoes ?" screams my lord.
"Turk and the barber," pipes Petitoes, and runs to the pastry-cook's like mad.
"Turk and the ba--," laughs out my lord, looking at us.
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