Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892 by Various
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small pieces, looks up and says solemnly, "You may consider yourself
vurry fortunate in being able to correct the errors you allude to by a means which is at once so efficacious and so innocent." After which he subsides into his salad. Harvard man shut up. _In the Fumoir._--Two drearily undecided men trying to make up their minds where to go next. Shall they stay at Antwerp for a day or two, or go over to Brussels, or go back to Calais and stay there, or _what_? "Calais is on their way _home_, anyhow," says one, and the other, without attempting to deny this, thinks "there may be more to _see_ at Brussels." "Not more than there is here," says his friend: "all these places much about the same." "Well," says the first, yawning, "shall we stay where we _are_?" "Just as _you_ please," says the other. "No; but what would _you_ rather do?" ... "Me? oh, I'm entirely in _your_ hands!" First man, who has had Green Chartreuse with his coffee and seems snappish, annoyed at this, and says, "it's dam nonsense going on like that." "Oh," says the second, "then you leave it to _me_--is _that_ it?" "Haven't I been saying so all along!" growls the other. Second Undecided Man silent for a time, evidently forcing himself to come to a decision of some sort. At last he looks up with relief. "_Well_," he says, very slowly, "what do _you_ think about it?" Whereupon they begin all over again. This indecision is catching--leave them. _In the Street--about_ 11:30 P.M.--Back from Variety Theatre. Hotel doors closed. Have rung several times--no result at present. Curious impression that I shall be hauled up before a Dean or somebody for this to-morrow and fined or gated. Wish they'd let me in--chilly out here. _Is_ there a night-porter? If not--awkward. Carillon again from Cathedral tower. Ghost has managed to recollect a whole tune at last, |
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