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sympathetic condolence of their respective replies was cut short by
Raven's announcement of 'dinner on table.'
The conversation that took place when the wine was in circulation, and
the ladies were withdrawn, we shall report with our usual scrupulous
fidelity.
MR GLOWRY
You are leaving England, Mr Cypress. There is a delightful melancholy
in saying farewell to an old acquaintance, when the chances are twenty
to one against ever meeting again. A smiling bumper to a sad parting,
and let us all be unhappy together.
MR CYPRESS (_filling a bumper_)
This is the only social habit that the disappointed spirit never
unlearns.
THE REVEREND MR LARYNX (_filling_)
It is the only piece of academical learning that the finished educatee
retains.
MR FLOSKY (_filling_)
It is the only objective fact which the sceptic can realise.
SCYTHROP (_filling_)
It is the only styptic for a bleeding heart.
THE HONOURABLE MR LISTLESS (_filling_)
It is the only trouble that is very well worth taking.
MR ASTERIAS (_filling_)
It is the only key of conversational truth.
MR TOOBAD (_filling_)
It is the only antidote to the great wrath of the devil.
MR HILARY (_filling_)
It is the only symbol of perfect life.
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