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Treats of divers little Matters which occurred in the Fleet, and of Mr. Winkle’s mysterious Behaviou

           "SeeartertheTIMES,Thomas;letmelookattheMORNIN’HERALD,whenit’souto’hand;don’tforgettobespeaktheCHRONICLE;andjustbringthe‘TIZER,villyou:"andthenhe’dsetvithhiseyesfixedontheclock,andrushout,justaquarterofaminit‘forethetimetowaylaytheboyaswosa-comin’inwiththeevenin’paper,whichhe’dreadwithsichintenseinterestandperseweranceasworkedtheothercustomersuptotheweryconfineso’desperationandinsanity,‘speciallyonei-rascibleoldgen’l’m’nasthevaiterwosalwaysobligedtokeepasharpeyeon,atsichtimes,fearheshouldbetemptedtocommitsomerashactwiththecarving-knife.Vell,Sir,herehe’dstop,occupyin’thebestplaceforthreehours,andnevertakin’nothin’arterhisdinner,butsleep,andthenhe’dgoawaytoacoffee-houseafewstreetsoff,andhaveasmallpoto’coffeeandfourcrumpets,arterwichhe’dwalkhometoKensingtonandgotobed.Onenighthewostookveryill;sendsforadoctor;doctorcomesinagreenfly,withakindo’RobinsonCrusoeseto’steps,ashecouldletdownwenhegotout,andpulluparterhimwenhegotin,toperwentthenecessityo’thecoachman’sgettin’down,andtherebyundeceivin’thepublicbylettin’’emseethatitwosonlyaliverycoatashe’dgoton,andnotthetrouserstomatch."Wot’sthematter?"saysthedoctor."Weryill,"saysthepatient."Wothaveyoubeena-eatin’on?"saysthedoctor."Roastweal,"saysthepatient.

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