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Comprising a brief Description of the Company at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman

           

           ‘TomSmart,gentlemen,hadalwaysbeenverymuchattachedtothepublicline.Ithadbeenlonghisambitiontostandinabarofhisown,inagreencoat,knee-cords,andtops.Hehadagreatnotionoftakingthechairatconvivialdinners,andhehadoftenthoughthowwellhecouldpresideinaroomofhisowninthetalkingway,andwhatacapitalexamplehecouldsettohiscustomersinthedrinkingdepartment.AllthesethingspassedrapidlythroughTom’smindashesatdrinkingthehotpunchbytheroaringfire,andhefeltveryjustlyandproperlyindignantthatthetallmanshouldbeinafairwayofkeepingsuchanexcellenthouse,whilehe,TomSmart,wasasfarofffromitasever.So,afterdeliberatingoverthetwolasttumblers,whetherhehadn’taperfectrighttopickaquarrelwiththetallmanforhavingcontrivedtogetintothegoodgracesofthebuxomwidow,TomSmartatlastarrivedatthesatisfactoryconclusionthathewasaveryill-usedandpersecutedindividual,andhadbettergotobed.

           ‘UpawideandancientstaircasethesmartgirlprecededTom,shadingthechambercandlewithherhand,toprotectitfromthecurrentsofairwhichinsucharamblingoldplacemighthavefoundplentyofroomtodisportthemselvesin,withoutblowingthecandleout,butwhichdidblowitoutneverthelessthusaffordingTom’senemiesanopportunityofassertingthatitwashe,andnotthewind,whoextinguishedthecandle,andthatwhilehepretendedtobeblowingitalightagain,hewasinfactkissingthegirl.

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