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           Everythingonthetablewasinsilvertoo,andtwofootmen,withredhairandcanary-colouredliveries,stoodoneithersideofthesideboard.

           Mr.Crawleysaidalonggrace,andSirPittsaidamen,andthegreatsilverdish-coverswereremoved.

           "Whathavewefordinner,Betsy?’saidtheBaronet.

           "Muttonbroth,Ibelieve,SirPitt,"answeredLadyCrawley.

           "Moutonauxnavets,"addedthebutlergravely(pronounce,ifyouplease,moutongonavvy);"andthesoupispotagedemoutonal’Ecossaise.Theside-dishescontainpommesdeterreaunaturel,andchoufleural’eau."

           "Mutton’smutton,"saidtheBaronet,"andadevilishgoodthing.WhatSHIPwasit,Horrocks,andwhendidyoukill?""Oneoftheblack-facedScotch,SirPitt:wekilledonThursday.

           "Whotookany?"

           "Steel,ofMudbury,tookthesaddleandtwolegs,SirPitt;buthesaysthelastwastooyoungandconfoundedwoolly,SirPitt."

           "Willyoutakesomepotage,MissahMissBlunt?saidMr.Crawley.

           "CapitalScotchbroth,mydear,"saidSirPitt,"thoughtheycallitbyaFrenchname."

           "Ibelieveitisthecustom,sir,indecentsociety,"saidMr.Crawley,haughtily,"tocallthedishasIhavecalledit";anditwasservedtousonsilversoupplatesbythefootmeninthecanarycoats,withthemoutonauxnavets.Then"aleandwater"werebrought,andservedtousyoungladiesinwine-glasses.

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