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In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance

           ItlanguishedalittlewhenthepresentDukeinhisyouthinsisteduponhavinghisownoperasplayedthere,anditissaidoneday,inafury,fromhisplaceintheorchestra,whenheattendedarehearsal,brokeabassoonontheheadoftheChapelMaster,whowasconducting,andledtooslow;andduringwhichtimetheDuchessSophiawrotedomesticcomedies,whichmusthavebeenverydrearytowitness.ButthePrinceexecuteshismusicinprivatenow,andtheDuchessonlygivesawayherplaystotheforeignersofdistinctionwhovisitherkindlittleCourt.

           Itisconductedwithnosmallcomfortandsplendour.Whenthereareballs,thoughtheremaybefourhundredpeopleatsupper,thereisaservantinscarletandlacetoattenduponeveryfour,andeveryoneisservedonsilver.Therearefestivalsandentertainmentsgoingcontinuallyon,andtheDukehashischamberlainsandequerries,andtheDuchesshermistressofthewardrobeandladiesofhonour,justlikeanyotherandmorepotentpotentates.

           TheConstitutionisorwasamoderatedespotism,temperedbyaChamberthatmightormightnotbeelected.InevercertainlycouldhearofitssittinginmytimeatPumpernickel.ThePrimeMinisterhadlodgingsinasecondfloor,andtheForeignSecretaryoccupiedthecomfortablelodgingsoverZwieback’sConditorey.

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