Excerpt from The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry, Selected From the Literature of All Times and Nations, Vol. 3
B. (with a tone of protection) Come hither, friend - What ails ye? Step this way I want to speak to ye.
E (with a goodhumored, but unsuccessful, endeavor to suppress laughter, or to con ceal it. Suppose him, for instance, calc ing with his hand before his mouth?
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