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           Pottwasheardtochirpfaintlyforth,somethingwhichcourtesyinterpretedintoasong,whichwasallveryclassical,andstrictlyincharacter,becauseApollowashimselfacomposer,andcomposerscanveryseldomsingtheirownmusicoranybodyelse’s,either.ThiswassucceededbyMrs.LeoHunter’srecitationofherfar-famed‘OdetoanExpiringFrog,’whichwasencoredonce,andwouldhavebeenencoredtwice,ifthemajorpartoftheguests,whothoughtitwashightimetogetsomethingtoeat,hadnotsaidthatitwasperfectlyshamefultotakeadvantageofMrs.Hunter’sgoodnature.SoalthoughMrs.LeoHunterprofessedherperfectwillingnesstorecitetheodeagain,herkindandconsideratefriendswouldn’thearofitonanyaccount;andtherefreshmentroombeingthrownopen,allthepeoplewhohadeverbeentherebefore,scrambledinwithallpossibledespatchMrs.LeoHunter’susualcourseofproceedingsbeing,toissuecardsforahundred,andbreakfastforfifty,orinotherwordstofeedonlytheveryparticularlions,andletthesmalleranimalstakecareofthemselves.

           ‘WhereisMr.Pott?’saidMrs.LeoHunter,assheplacedtheaforesaidlionsaroundher.

           ‘HereIam,’saidtheeditor,fromtheremotestendoftheroom;farbeyondallhopeoffood,unlesssomethingwasdoneforhimbythehostess.

           ‘Won’tyoucomeuphere?’

           ‘Oh,praydon’tmindhim,’saidMrs.

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