Yours ever,
Coldstream Freelove Doctor Dickens.
P.S.—As Boxall (with his head very much on one side and his spectacles on) danced backward from the canvas incessantly with great nimbleness, and returned, and made little digs at it with his pencil, with a horrible grin on his countenance, I augur that he pleased himself this morning.
"Tag" added by Mr. Dickens to "Animal Magnetism," played at Rockingham Castle.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM.—TAG.
[After La Fleur says to the Marquis: "Sir, return him the wand; and
the ladies, I daresay, will fall in love with him again.">[
Doctor. I'm cheated, robbed! I don't believe! I hate
Wand, Marquis, Doctor, Ward, Lisette, and Fate!
La Fleur. Not me?
Doctor. You worse, you rascal, than the rest.
La Fleur. (bowing). To merit it, good sir, I've done my best.
Lisette. (sharply). And I.
Constance. I fear that I too have a claim
Upon your anger.