“'Peraps you'll understand me, when I take off my own,' says I,
unbuttoning the motherapurls of the MacWhirter tartn. 'Take my jackit,
Joe,' says I to the boy,--and put myself in a hattitude about which
there was NO MISTAYK.
*****
“He's 2 stone heavier than me--and knows the use of his ands as well
as most men; but in a fite, BLOOD'S EVERYTHINK: the Snobb can't stand
before the gentleman; and I should have killed him, I've little doubt,
but they came and stopt the fite betwigst us before we'd had more than 2
rounds.
“I punisht the raskle tremenjusly in that time, though; and I'm writing
this in my own sittn-room, not being able to come down to dinner on
account of a black-eye I've got, which is sweld up and disfiggrs me
dreadfl.”
“On account of the hoffle black i which I reseaved in my rangcounter
with the hinfimus Fitzwarren, I kep my roomb for sevral days, with
the rose-colored curtings of the apartmint closed, so as to form
an agreeable twilike; and a light-bloo sattin shayd over the injard
pheacher. My woons was thus made to become me as much as pawsable; and
(has the Poick well observes 'Nun but the Brayv desuvs the Fare')
I cumsoled myself in the sasiaty of the ladies for my tempory
disfiggarment.
“It was Mary Hann who summind the House and put an end to my
phisticoughs with Fitzwarren. I licked him and bare him no mallis: but
of corse I dismist the imperent scoundrill from my suvvis, apinting
Adolphus, my page, to his post of confidenshle Valley.
“Mary Hann and her young and lovely Mrs. kep paying me continyoul visits
during my retiremint. Lady Hangelina was halways sending me messidges by
her: while my exlent friend, Lady Bareacres (on the contry) was always
sending me toakns of affeckshn by Hangelina. Now it was a coolin
hi-lotium, inwented by herself, that her Ladyship would perscribe--then,
agin, it would be a booky of flowers (my favrit polly hanthuses,
pellagoniums, and jyponikys), which none but the fair &s of Hangelina
could dispose about the chamber of the hinvyleed. Ho! those dear
mothers! when they wish to find a chans for a galliant young feller, or
to ixtablish their dear gals in life, what awpertunities they WILL give
a man! You'd have phansied I was so hill (on account of my black hi),
that I couldnt live exsep upon chicking and spoon-meat, and jellies,
and blemonges, and that I coudnt eat the latter dellixies (which I
ebomminate onternoo, prefurring a cut of beaf or muttn to hall the
kickpshaws of France), unless Hangelina brought them. I et 'em, and
sacrafised myself for her dear sayk.
“I may stayt here that in privit convasations with old Lord B. and his
son, I had mayd my proposals for Hangelina, and was axepted, and hoped
soon to be made the appiest gent in Hengland.
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