Slightly crushing to my hopes is this performance on the
ropes! Miss
Marianne suspensa scalis—(would t'were sus. per col.
instead!)
Ass that I was to be wedded!—Wonderfully wooden—
headed!
I'm a wiser man now, Charley,—certes, up to snuff—but
sadder,—
Oh, the fickle little Hindoo! Facilis descensus window!
Oh—that bell again! what's this?—— A Bill