Let bygones be bygones

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he could not even sit
in it in his greatcoat
so accurately was the seat adapted to him. His wife
and daughter
perhaps
thought somewhat slightingly of him
for he had no
literary tastes
and had never been at a theatre since he took his bride from
one. He was valet to Lord Slapper at the time
and certain it is that his
lordship set him up in the Bootjack and that stories HAD been told.
But what are such to you or me? Let bygones be bygones; Mrs. Crump
was quite as honest as her neighbours
and Miss had five hundred pounds
to be paid down on the day of her wedding.
Those who know the habits of the British tradesman are aware that he
has gregarious propensities like any lord in the land; that he loves a joke
that he is not averse to a glass; that after the day's toil he is happy to
consort with men of his degree; and that as society is not so far advanced
among us as to allow him to enjoy the comforts of splendid club-houses
which are open to many persons with not a tenth part of his pecuniary
means
he meets his friends in the cosy tavern parlour
where a neat
sanded floor
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