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n leaf in Vallambrosa, and, having on one occasion to prosecute a youth who had embezzled an elderly matron, Mr Bhosh

e untied occasionally, and accordingly Mr Bhosh occasionally figured as the gay dog in upper-cl

mediocre stature and tendency to a precocious obesity-have strikingly resembled the well-known statuary of the Apollo Bellevue, and he was in consequence inordinately admi

e in an evil-ominous hour for our hero. As it happened, the honourable highborn hostess proposed a certain cardgame known as "Penny Napkin,"

ed that by her legerdemain in double-dealing she habitually contr

gnant to him to accuse a Duchess of sharping at cards, and yet at the sam

thus effect the exchange which is no robbery, and she, finally observing his finesse, and struck by the del

tal monitions which were undreamt of in the Horatian philosophy, resisted all he

ashionable ball at the Ladbroke Hall, Archer Street, Bayswater,

e apparel and designing to take his premature hook, when the beauteous Duchess in passing surreptit

ade one or two revolutions round the room with her co-operation, after which they retired to an alcove and ate raspberry ices and drank lemonade. Mr Bhosh's sparkling tittl

ell preserved; with huge flashing eyes like searchlights in a face resembling the full moon; of tall stature an

m the savage clutches of a horned cow, and although, after receiving from the Duchess a musk-scented postal card, requesting his

nce the reception halls were thickly populated by gilded worldlings. But the Duchess advanced to greet him in a very kind, effusive manner, and, intimating that it

n her turn of instinctive sympathies, until our hero was wriggling like an eel with embarrassment at what she was to say next, and at t

sed his better half, frankly explaining that she had exhibited such a marked preference for his society that he had been deprived of all option in the matter, further assuring

remain an absentee for the future. Which our friend cheerfully undertook to perform, and, in taking leave of the Duchess, exhorted her, wit

l-meant a hint-but oh, dear! it was quite the reverse, for from a loving friend she was tran

o fathom the perversities