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'THe Memomes or Me every made to look after my parents' guests' children, {It was at the reception following the brilliant wedding, which my reader will doubtless recall, of the beautiful Miss P—M—to Lord O—of K—which took place in J—in the year 1—, when I was still quite 'a child, that I first made my astounding jest; of which the memory even now still convulses my family. It makes even me smile and I can certainly say that I have made full use of it—in many an awkward moment has it turned tho-conversation and in others of great excite-meat and drama it has broken the tension and diverted feeling. But] now, when it comes to the point I Weel it almost a shame to put these magic words down in cold black and white. However, the world I trust, Will be the better for it, These were When isa door a jar?" 1 yottly asked the Prime Minister. But neither he, nor, amazing as it, em, any other person in, that sembly of the highest in the land, could find the. answer. how' merry, spontaneous and hearty was the laughter when I finally Fevealed the reply, Looking back tpn that scene, so many years ago now, I can still hear the shout that went up as I spoke the words. Ah me! how time fics, and yet it seems but yesterday!
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