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

           

           ‘Thebaymaresplashedaway,throughthemudandwater,withdroopingears;nowandthentossingherheadasiftoexpressherdisgustatthisveryungentlemanlybehaviouroftheelements,butkeepingagoodpacenotwithstanding,untilagustofwind,morefuriousthananythathadyetassailedthem,causedhertostopsuddenlyandplantherfourfeetfirmlyagainsttheground,topreventherbeingblownover.It’saspecialmercythatshedidthis,forifsheHADbeenblownover,thevixenishmarewassolight,andthegigwassolight,andTomSmartsuchalightweightintothebargain,thattheymustinfalliblyhaveallgonerollingoverandovertogether,untiltheyreachedtheconfinesofearth,oruntilthewindfell;andineithercasetheprobabilityis,thatneitherthevixenishmare,northeclay-colouredgigwiththeredwheels,norTomSmart,wouldeverhavebeenfitforserviceagain.

           ‘"Well,damnmystrapsandwhiskers,"saysTomSmart(Tomsometimeshadanunpleasantknackofswearing)—"damnmystrapsandwhiskers,"saysTom,"ifthisain’tpleasant,blowme!"

           ‘You’llverylikelyaskmewhy,asTomSmarthadbeenprettywellblownalready,heexpressedthiswishtobesubmittedtothesameprocessagain.Ican’tsayallIknowis,thatTomSmartsaidsooratleasthealwaystoldmyunclehesaidso,andit’sjustthesamething.

           "‘Blowme,"saysTomSmart;andthemareneighedasifshewerepreciselyofthesameopinion.

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