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the irreverent Mr. Pepper had warmed his hands sufficiently to be able to transfer them from the fire, he lifted the right palm, and with an indecent jocularity of spirits, accosted the ci-devant ornament of the Asinæum, with a sounding slap on his back—or some such part of his conformation.

"Ah, old boy!" said he, "is this the way you keep house for us? A fire not large enough to