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good appetite? and whence is a good appetite but from good health? Now, Cheltenham, Mr. Listless, is famous for good appetites.
THE HONORABLE MR. LISTLESS.
The best piece of logic I ever heard, Mr. Larynx; the very best, I assure you. I have thought very seriously of Cheltenham: very seriously and profoundly. I thought of it—let me see—when did I think of it? (He rang again, and Fatout reappeared.) Fatout! when did I think of going to Cheltenham, and did not go?
FATOUT.
De Juillet twenty-von, de last summer, Monsieur. (Fatout retired.)
THE HONORABLE MR. LISTLESS.
So it was. An invaluable fellow that, Mr. Larynx—invaluable, Miss O'Carroll.
