em'prer

Updated: May 3, 2025

Then he'd say to his steward, who had the hardest job of all, "Bill" Bill wasn't his name, but it'll do "Bill, where did I see that six-foot vase, made out of a single ruby?" An' Bill would turn pale an' say, "It was in the secret vault of the Em'prer of Chince, your Excellency." Then Monte Cristo, he'd say, "Ah, yes, so it was.

Robert Alexander Wason - Happy Hawkins