"Twang went the horn! 'Confound that noise!' I cried, in pet--'these plaguy boys Are at some tricks to sell their papers, Their _blasts_ have given me the _vapours_!' But all my senses soon were stranded, At hearing, 'Buonaparte's landed!' 'Landed in France!' so ran the strain, And 'with eleven hundred men.' 'Ho, post!' 'Who calls?' 'This way.' 'I'm coming!' 'The public, surely, he is humming,' Said I. 'A paper--what's the price?' 'A shilling.' 'Why, that's payment twice!' 'As _cheap as dirt_, your honour, quite; They've sold for half-a-crown to-night.' 'But is the news authentic, friend?' '_Ofishul_, sir, you may depend.-- The _Currier_ third edition.' 'So! Well, take your money, boy, and go.' Now, for the news--by what blunder Has he escaped his bounds, I wonder." Rothschilds had the first news, one of their clerks coming express from Paris to tell them. Doubtless they took advantage of their information. END OF VOL. I. UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON. * * * * * [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained. --"country some were hanged, but this really some" changed to "country some were hanged, but this really served" --"lest twenty years;" changed to "last twenty years;" --The _Vielle Cour de Versailles_ changed to "The _Vieille Cour de Versailles_" --"Les Jésuites sout par tout," changed to "Les Jésuites sont par tout," --Text between = is underlined in the book.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Social England under the Regency, Vol. 1 (of 2), by John Ashton