Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892 by Various
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you want? (_The Chieftain smiles at her with infinite subtlety,
and fingers a small fancy article shaped like a bottle, in seeming confusion._) Like to see what's inside of it? Look 'ere then. (_She removes the cork, touches a spring, and a paper fan expands out of the neck of the bottle; CHOCOLATE is grimly pleased, and possibly impressed, by this phenomenon, which he repeats several times for his own satisfaction._) Ah, _that_ fetches you, don't it, CHOC'LIT? (_The Warrior nods, and says something unintelligible in his own tongue._) Why don't yer talk sense, 'stead o' that rubbish? [_CHOCOLATE watches her slyly out of the corners of his eyes; presently he puts the bottled-fan inside his blanket, and slouches off in a fit of pretended abstraction._ _The Maiden_ (_imperiously_). 'Ere, come back, will yer? Walkin' off with my things like that! Fetch it 'ere--d'jear what I _tell_ yer? (CHOCOLATE _lounges over the counter of an adjoining Bovril stall, and affects a bland unconsciousness of being addressed. After awhile he peeps round and pats his blanket knowingly, and, finding she takes no further notice of him, lounges back to his corner again._) Oh, _'ere_ you are again! Now jest you put that bottle back. (_The Warrior giggles, with much appreciation of his own playfulness._) Look sharp now. I know you've got it! _Chocolate_ (_with another giggle_). Me no got. [_He intimates that the person at the Bovril stall has it._ _The Maiden._ You needn't think to get over Me that way! It's inside o' that old blanket o' yours. Out with it now, or I'll make yer! |
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