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Updated: May 2, 2025
She desired Clapperton to sit down on the carpet beside her, an invitation which he accepted, and in an alluring manner she began to fan him, at the same time sending humpback to bring out her finery for him to look at, which consisted of four gold bracelets, two large paper dressing-cases with looking-glasses, and several strings of coral, silver rings, and bracelets, with a number of other trifling articles.
She vowed it was done curmudgeonly to vex her, because her uncle hated wedding-presents and had grunted at the exhibition of cups and saucers, and this and that beautiful service, and epergnes and inkstands, mirrors, knives and forks, dressing-cases, and the whole mighty category.
"By newspaper puffs, and newspaper reports, by patent medicines, and portable dressing-cases, wine-merchant's bottles, ne-plus-ultra corkscrews, H -t's corn, C -tt's maize, W -'s blacking, and W -'s champagne "Appear! "By thy professional followers, the fashionable tailors, hairdressers, boot-makers, milliners, jewellers all the auctioneers, and all the bazaars "Come to my aid!
The envelope being flourished over with gold, they at first thought that there was nothing more to be seen, but being directed by signs to open it, they were in ecstasy at the sight of the needles, which they proceeded forthwith to divide. We now pushed off, and found that, in the narrow limits to which we were confined, we must only retain our carpet-bags and dressing-cases.
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