uzy pinions and spangles, yes!
You should hear her sing as a fairy. You should
see her dance as a fairy. Tol de rol
lol--la--lol--liddle diddle. (_Sings and
dances_). _That's_ very like her.

FALKLAND. Misery! while I, devoted to her
image, can scarcely write a line now and then,
or pensively read aloud to the people of
Birmingham. (_To him._) And they applaud her,
no doubt they applaud her, sir. And she--I see
her! Curtsies and smiles! And they--curses on
them! they laugh and--ha, ha, ha!--and clap
their hands--and say it's very good. Do they
not say it's very good, sir? Tell me. Do they
not?

ACRES. Odds, thunderings and pealings, of
course they do! and the third fiddler, little
Tweaks, of the county town, goes into fits. Ho,
ho, ho, I can't bear it (_mimicking_); take me
out! Ha, ha, ha! O what a one she is! She'll be
the death of me. Ha, ha, ha, ha! _That's_ very
like her!

FALKLAND. Damnation! Heartless Mary! (_Rushes
out._)

Scene opens, and discloses coals of fire, heaped up into form of
letters, representing the following inscription:

When the praise thou meetest
To thine ear is sweetest,
O then
REMEMBER JOE!
(_Curtain falls._)

[Sidenote: M. de Cerjat.]

TAVISTOCK HOUSE, _Monday, Jan. 16th, 1854._

MY DEAR CERJAT,

Guilty. The accused pleads guilty, but throws himself upon the mercy of
the court. He humbly represents that his usual hour for getting up, in
the course of his travels, was three o'clock in the morning, and his
usual hour for going to bed, nine or ten the next night. That the places
in which he chiefly deviated from these rules of hardship, were Rome and
Venice; and that at those cities of fame he shut himself up in solitude,
and wrote Christmas papers for the incomparable publication known as
"Household Words." That his correspondence at all times, arising out of
the business of the said "Household Words" alone, was very heavy. That
his offence, though undoubtedly committed, was unavoidable, and that a
nominal punishment will meet the justice of the case.

We had only three bad days out of the whole time. After Naples, which
was very hot, we had very cold, clear, bright weather. When we got