all together his
tradesmin, and pay off their little bills befor his departure.

On the contry, "Chawles," said he to me, "stick a piece of paper on my
door," which is the way that lawyers do, "and write 'Back at seven'
upon it." Back at seven I wrote, and stuck it on our outer oak. And so
mistearus was Deuceace about his continental tour (to all except me),
that when the landriss brought him her account for the last month
(amountain, at the very least, to 2L. 10s.), master told her to leave it
till Monday morning, when it should be properly settled. It's extrodny
how ickonomical a man becomes, when he's got five thousand lbs. in his
pockit.

Back at 7 indeed! At 7 we were a-roalin on the Dover Road, in the
Reglator Coach--master inside, me out. A strange company of people there
was, too, in that wehicle,--3 sailors; an Italyin with his music-box and
munky; a missionary, going to convert the heathens in France; 2 oppra
girls (they call 'em figure-aunts), and the figure-aunts' mothers
inside; 4 Frenchmin, with gingybred caps and mustashes, singing,
chattering, and jesticklating in the most vonderful vay. Such
compliments as passed between them and the figure-aunts! such a munshin
of biskits and sippin of brandy! such "O mong Jews," and "O sacrrres,"
and "kill fay frwaws!" I didn't understand their languidge at that time,
so of course can't igsplain much of their conwersation; but it pleased
me, nevertheless, for now I felt that I was reely going into foring
parts: which, ever sins I had had any edication at all, was always my
fondest wish. Heavin bless us! thought I, if these are specimeens of
all Frenchmen, what a set they must be. The pore Italyin's monky, sittin
mopin and meluncolly on his box, was not half so ugly, and seamed quite
as reasonabble.

Well, we arrived at Dover--"Ship Hotel" weal cutlets half a ginny,
glas of ale a shilling, glas of neagush, half a crownd, a hapnyworth of
wax-lites four shillings, and so on. But master paid without grumbling;
as long as it was for himself he never minded the expens: and nex day we
embarked in the packit for Balong sir-mare--which means in French, the
town of Balong sityouated on the sea. I who had heard of foring
wonders, expected this to be the fust and greatest: phansy, then, my
disapintment, when we got there, to find this Balong, not situated on
the sea, but on the SHOAR.

But oh! the gettin there was the bisniss. How I did wish for Pump Court
agin, as we were t