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In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance

           ItisamarkofpolitenesswhicheveryEnglishgentlemanoughttoshowtothecountrieswhichhevisitstopayhisrespectstothesovereignsofthosecountriesastotherepresentativesofhisown."

           WhenTapeworm’sdoctorcame,DoctorvonGlauber,BodyPhysiciantoH.S.H.theDuke,hespeedilyconvincedJosthatthePumpernickelmineralspringsandtheDoctor’sparticulartreatmentwouldinfalliblyrestoretheBengaleetoyouthandslimness."Derecameherelastyear,"hesaid,"SheneralBulkeley,anEnglishSheneral,tvicesopicasyou,sir.Isenthimbackqvitetinaftertreemonths,andhedancedvidBaronessGlauberattheendoftwo."

           Jos’smindwasmadeup;thesprings,theDoctor,theCourt,andtheCharged’Affairesconvincedhim,andheproposedtospendtheautumninthesedelightfulquarters.Andpunctualtohisword,onthenextdaytheCharged’AffairespresentedJosandtheMajortoVictorAureliusXVII,beingconductedtotheiraudiencewiththatsovereignbytheCountdeSchlusselback,MarshaloftheCourt.

           TheywerestraightwayinvitedtodinneratCourt,andtheirintentionofstayinginthetownbeingannounced,thepolitestladiesofthewholetowninstantlycalleduponMrs.Osborne;andasnotoneofthese,howeverpoortheymightbe,wasundertherankofaBaroness,Jos’sdelightwasbeyondexpression.

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