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be placed in their way. And this is the rnethod
of procedure, the potation being occasionally
varied, which succeeded all the troubles of the
friends :—
" So to keep up their good humour they
stopped at the first roadside tavern they came to
—this was after the punch and pound incident
" and ordered a glass of brandy-and-water all
round, with a magnum of extra strength for Mr.
Samuel Weller."