tumbled to him?

_The S.A._ (_with superiority_). I _heard_ you, o' course, but, as
I'm always tellin' you, you don't do it _delicate_ enough! When
you've been in the profession as long as I have, and seen as much
of human nature, you'll begin to understand how important it is
to 'ave tact. Now you never 'eard _me_ stoop to flattery nor yet
over-familiarity--and yet you can see for yourself I manage without
'urting nobody's feelings--however bald! That's _tact_, that is!

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HORACE IN LONDON.

TO A WAITER. (_AD PUERUM._)

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None of your mispronounced Gallic shams, Waiter;
Call not "Potato" a "_Pomme-de-terre, maîter_
_D'ottle_." I'd rather you styled it "Pertater,"
As Britons, sure, may.

As for _décor_, let the linen be stainless--
Crowns of exotics are gauds for the brainless.
_Crowns_, indeed! Here's half-a-crown; you would gain less