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With Prince Talleyrand's compliments." Prince Tallyram's complimints, indeed! I laff when I think of it, still, the old surpint! He WAS a surpint, that Deuceace, and no mistake.
Well, by a most extrornary piece of ill-luck, the nex day punctially as Mr.Dawkinses brexfas was coming UP the stairs, Mr.Halgernon Percy Deuceace was going DOWN.

He was as gay as a lark, humming an Oppra tune, and twizzting round his head his hevy gold-headed cane.

Down he went very fast, and by a most unlucky axdent struck his cane against the waiter's tray, and away went Mr.Dawkinses gril, kayann, kitchup, soda-water and all! I can't think how my master should have choas such an exact time; to be sure, his windo looked upon the court, and he could see every one who came into our door.
As soon as the axdent had took place, master was in such a rage as, to be sure, no man ever was in befor; he swoar at the waiter in the most dreddfle way; he threatened him with his stick, and it was only when he see that the waiter was rayther a bigger man than hisself that he was in the least pazzyfied.

He returned to his own chambres; and John, the waiter, went off for more gril to Dixes Coffy-house.
"This is a most unlucky axdent, to be sure, Charles," says master to me, after a few minits paws, during witch he had been and wrote a note, put it into an anvelope, and sealed it with his big seal of arms.

"But stay--a thought strikes me--take this note to Mr.Dawkins, and that pye you brought yesterday; and hearkye, you scoundrel, if you say where you got it I will break every bone in your skin!" These kind of promises were among the few which I knew him to keep: and as I loved boath my skinn and my boans, I carried the noat, and of cors said nothink.