LIKELY—VERY!
"Confound these Blacks! They follow me everywhere!" "Yes, my dear Fellow; they take you for a Missionary!"
THE LITTLE DUC AND HIS BIG BILL.
The restaurateur evidently considered that he "didn't kill a pig every day," when he stuck Le Petit Duc for this now historic bill, which, as given in full by the Figaro, Mr. Punch reproduces here for general edification:—
| Un artichaut barigoule | 12 | fr. |
| Un châteaubriand | 16 | " |
| 1 sole | 10 | " |
| 1 noix de veau | 10 | " |
| 1 homard | 25 | " |
| 1 salade | 3 | " |
| 1 caneton aux navets | 25 | " |
| 6 écrevisses | 15 | " |
| Hors d'œuvre | 5 | " |
| Une assiette de fruits | 16 | " |
Whenever it may be the lot of any distinguished Member of the Upper House to be sent to the Tower of London, or a Member of the Lower to be shut up in the Clock Tower, the Provisional Government for the time being will know what to charge for its provisions. The restaurateur addressed his little account, "À Sa Magesté (sic) Louis Philippe-Robert ('Robert' was in it) Duc d'Orléans." In styling Le Petit Duc "His Majesty" the artful restaurateur evidently had in view a future restauration. The restaurateur, who expected to provide the young Duke of Orleans with a second dinner, of course quoted Shakspeare, and exclaimed enthusiastically—
"I must go victual Orleans forthwith!"
Henry V., Part I., Act I., Sc. 5.
But the youthful Duc or Duckling wasn't to be caught and stuffed a second time.