[Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookMemoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush CHAPTER IV 25/60
Singin, swagrin, and swarink--up stares came Mr.Dick Blewitt.
He flung opn Mr.Dawkins's door, shouting out, "Daw my old buck, how are you ?" when, all of a sudden, he sees Mr. Deuceace: his jor dropt, he turned chocky white, and then burnin red, and looked as if a stror would knock him down.
"My dear Mr.Blewitt," says my master, smilin and offring his hand, "how glad I am to see you. Mr.Dawkins and I were just talking about your pony! Pray sit down." Blewitt did; and now was the question, who should sit the other out; but law bless you! Mr.Blewitt was no match for my master: all the time he was fidgetty, silent, and sulky; on the contry, master was charmin. I never herd such a flo of conversatin, or so many wittacisms as he uttered.
At last, completely beat, Mr.Blewitt took his leaf; that instant master followed him; and passin his arm through that of Mr. Dick, led him into our chambers, and began talkin to him in the most affabl and affeckshnat manner. But Dick was too angry to listen; at last, when master was telling him some long story about the Duke of Doncaster, Blewitt burst out-- "A plague on the Duke of Doncaster! Come, come, Mr.Deuceace, don't you be running your rigs upon me; I ain't the man to be bamboozl'd by long-winded stories about dukes and duchesses.
You think I don't know you; every man knows you and your line of country.
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