the score of
the extreme sultriness of the weather; to which observation, the
corporal replied, as usual:--

"Mein Gott! yes."

The major part of the evening was passed in dancing and drinking. The
corporal and his wife, with Babette, now attending to the wants of their
customers, who, what with the exercise, the heat of the weather, and the
fumes of tobacco, were more than usually thirsty, and as they became
satisfied with dancing, so did they call for refreshments.

But we cannot find space to dwell upon the quantity of beer, the variety
of liquors, which were consumed at this eventful wedding, with which we
wind up our eventful history; nor even to pity the breathless, flushed,
and over-heated Babette, who was so ill the next day, as to be unable to
quit her bed; nor can we detail the jokes, the merriment, and the songs
which went round, the peals of laughter, the loud choruses, the antic
feats performed by the company; still more impossible would it be to
give an idea of the three tremendous cheers, which shook the Lust Haus
to its foundations, when Corporal and Mistress Van Spitter, upon their
retiring, bade farewell to the company assembled.

The observation of Jemmy Salisbury, as he waddled out, was as correct as
it was emphatic:--

"Well; Bob, this _has been_ a spree!"

"Yes," replied Bob Short.

THE END.

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Snarley-yow, by Frederick Marryat

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SNARLEY-YOW ***

***** This file should be named 21579.txt or 21579.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/2/1/5/7/21579/

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to
protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project
Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you
charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you
do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying w