pla-at-form

Updated: May 29, 2025

Having reached the logical end of the first and last speech ever made in public by Captain Tonkins, the Captain tumbled out of his sleigh, and sprawled upon the snow; whereat the bystanders shouted for joy, and the widow Slapman and two large windows full of guests shook with laughter. "'S pla-at-form fall'n'?" asked the Captain.

John Bell Bouton - Round the Block