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Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling not unmixed with Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Me

           Rogers’sservant,withanair,to‘putthewineon.’

           Thiswasthesignalfordisplayingthehiddentreasuresofthecloset,whichcomprisedsundryplatesoforangesandbiscuits,andabottleofoldcrustedportthatatone-and-ninewithanotherofthecelebratedEastIndiasherryatfourteen-pence,whichwereallproducedinhonourofthelodger,andaffordedunlimitedsatisfactiontoeverybody.AftergreatconsternationhadbeenexcitedinthemindofMrs.Cluppins,byanattemptonthepartofTommytorecounthowhehadbeencross-examinedregardingthecupboardtheninaction(whichwasfortunatelynippedinthebudbyhisimbibinghalfaglassoftheoldcrusted‘thewrongway,’andtherebyendangeringhislifeforsomeseconds),thepartywalkedforthinquestofaHampsteadstage.Thiswassoonfound,andinacoupleofhourstheyallarrivedsafelyintheSpaniardsTea-gardens,wherethelucklessMr.Raddle’sveryfirstactnearlyoccasionedhisgoodladyarelapse;itbeingneithermorenorlessthantoorderteaforseven,whereas(astheladiesoneandallremarked),whatcouldhavebeeneasierthanforTommytohavedrankoutofanybody’scuporeverybody’s,ifthatwasallwhenthewaiterwasn’tlooking,whichwouldhavesavedoneheadoftea,andtheteajustasgood!

           However,therewasnohelpforit,andthetea-traycame,withsevencupsandsaucers,andbread-and-butteronthesamescale.Mrs.Bardellwasunanimouslyvotedintothechair,andMrs.

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