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in it in his greatcoat so accurately was the seat adapted to him. His wife and daughter perhaps thought somewhat slightingly of him for he had no literary tastes and had never been at a theatre since he took his bride from one. He was valet to Lord Slapper at the time and certain it is that his lordship set him up in the Bootjack and that stories HAD been told. But what are such to you or me? Let bygones be bygones; Mrs. Crump was quite as honest as her neighbours and Miss had five hundred pounds to be paid down on the day of her wedding. Those who know the habits of the British tradesman are aware that he has gregarious propensities like any lord in the land; that he loves a joke that he is not averse to a glass; that after the day's toil he is happy to consort with men of his degree; and that as society is not so far advanced among us as to allow him to enjoy the comforts of splendid club-houses which are open to many persons with not a tenth part of his pecuniary means he meets his friends in the cosy tavern parlour where a neat sanded floor a lar jordan 3yilai: ugg boots clearance 201005112111492834afq |
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