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Comprising a brief Description of the Company at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman

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           ‘"Icertainlyam,"saidTomSmart."Buthowcameyoutoknowthat?"

           ‘"Nevermindthat,"saidtheoldgentleman;"you’remuchtoofondofpunch,Tom."

           ‘TomSmartwasjustonthepointofprotestingthathehadn’ttastedadropsincehislastbirthday,butwhenhiseyeencounteredthatoftheoldgentlemanhelookedsoknowingthatTomblushed,andwassilent.

           ‘"Tom,"saidtheoldgentleman,"thewidow’safinewomanremarkablyfinewomaneh,Tom?"Heretheoldfellowscreweduphiseyes,cockeduponeofhiswastedlittlelegs,andlookedaltogethersounpleasantlyamorous,thatTomwasquitedisgustedwiththelevityofhisbehaviourathistimeoflife,too!‘"Iamherguardian,Tom,"saidtheoldgentleman.

           ‘"Areyou?"inquiredTomSmart.

           ‘"Iknewhermother,Tom,"saidtheoldfellow:"andhergrandmother.Shewasveryfondofmemademethiswaistcoat,Tom."

           ‘"Didshe?"saidTomSmart.

           ‘"Andtheseshoes,"saidtheoldfellow,liftinguponeoftheredclothmufflers;"butdon’tmentionit,Tom.Ishouldn’tliketohaveitknownthatshewassomuchattachedtome.Itmightoccasionsomeunpleasantnessinthefamily."Whentheoldrascalsaidthis,helookedsoextremelyimpertinent,that,asTomSmartafterwardsdeclared,hecouldhavesatuponhimwithoutremorse.

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