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           "Aquicettevoiturela?"saidonegentleman-courierwithalargemoroccomoney-bagandear-ringstoanotherwithear-ringsandalargemoroccomoney-bag.

           "C’estaKirschjebensejel’aivutouteal’heurequibrenoitdessangvichesdanslavoiture,"saidthecourierinafineGermanFrench.

           Kirschemergingpresentlyfromtheneighbourhoodofthehold,wherehehadbeenbellowinginstructionsintermingledwithpolyglotoathstotheship’smenengagedinsecretingthepassengers’luggage,cametogiveanaccountofhimselftohisbrotherinterpreters.HeinformedthemthatthecarriagebelongedtoaNabobfromCalcuttaandJamaicaenormouslyrich,andwithwhomhewasengagedtotravel;andatthismomentayounggentlemanwhohadbeenwarnedoffthebridgebetweenthepaddle-boxes,andwhohaddroppedthenceontotheroofofLordMethuselah’scarriage,fromwhichhemadehiswayoverothercarriagesandimperialsuntilhehadclamberedontohisown,descendedthenceandthroughthewindowintothebodyofthecarriage,totheapplauseofthecourierslookingon.

           "Nousallonsavoirunebelletraversee,MonsieurGeorge,"saidthecourierwithagrin,asheliftedhisgold-lacedcap.

           "D——yourFrench,"saidtheyounggentleman,"where’sthebiscuits,ay?"WhereuponKirschansweredhimintheEnglishlanguageorinsuchanimitationofitashecouldcommandforthoughhewasfamiliarwithalllanguages,Mr.

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