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“I’ve a weak chest,” he roared. “Even to make your fortunes — which is my constant joy and endeavour, as you know — I mustn’t expose it too much to the night air. Now I’ve a pianner here, but it’s not for sale. And I’ve an assistant here — a bit worn, but he’s not for sale neither. I got him for nothing, to start with — from the work’us” (comic protest here from the assistant, and roars of laughter from the crowd)—“and I taught him a lot o’ things, and among ’em to play the pianner. So as ’tis Midsummer’s Eve, and I see some very nice-lookin’ young women a tip-tapping their feet for it, and Mr. Mayow no further away than next door, and able to play the fiddle to the life — what I say is, ladies and gentlemen,Maillot Pastore Pas Cher, let’s light up a fire and see if, with all their reading and writing,Ralph Lauren Ned Rockar, the young folks have forgot how to dance!”
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