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Chapter 22

           

           "Idon’ttaketoPhilip,"saidhe,smiling,"foritsoundslikeamoralboyoutofthespelling-book,whowassolazythathefellintoapond,orsofatthathecouldn’tseeoutofhiseyes,orsoavariciousthathelockeduphiscaketillthemiceateit,orsodeterminedtogoabird’s-nestingthathegothimselfeatenbybearswholivedhandyintheneighborhood.ItellyouwhatIshouldlike.Wearesoharmonious,andyouhavebeenablacksmithwouldyoumindit?"

           "Ishouldn’tmindanythingthatyoupropose,"Ianswered,"butIdon’tunderstandyou."

           "WouldyoumindHandelforafamiliarname?There’sacharmingpieceofmusicbyHandel,calledtheHarmoniousBlacksmith."

           "Ishouldlikeitverymuch."

           "Then,mydearHandel,"saidhe,turningroundasthedooropened,"hereisthedinner,andImustbegofyoutotakethetopofthetable,becausethedinnerisofyourproviding."

           ThisIwouldnothearof,sohetookthetop,andIfacedhim.ItwasanicelittledinnerseemedtomethenaveryLordMayor’sFeastanditacquiredadditionalrelishfrombeingeatenunderthoseindependentcircumstances,withnooldpeopleby,andwithLondonallaroundus.Thisagainwasheightenedbyacertaingypsycharacterthatsetthebanquetoff;forwhilethetablewas,asMr.

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