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Updated: May 18, 2025

Later in the evening Pawsey, a thought mellowed by the ale of Dover, deplored with tears the instability of a nation whose pilots were addicted to tippling. "Drunk as David's sow!" said Pawsey, "and 'im in the hactual presence of 'is Sacred Majesty!" Thus it came about that, five days later, arrived at Bellegarde Mr. John Bulmer, kinsman and accredited emissary of the great Duke of Ormskirk.

James Branch Cabell - Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes