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Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 17Sufficient Excuse

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Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 17

Sufficient Excuse

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Jones (to Brown). I say, old fellow, I saw you last night, after that dinner. Your legs were uncommonly unsteady.
Brown. No, dear boy; legs were right enough. It was my trousers that were so "tight."
CANDID!
Simultaneously
Host (smacking his lips). "Now, what do you say to that glass of she----"
Guest. "My dear fellow, where did you get this abominable Marsala?"]

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Anonymous — Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories (Anonymous) (author lived 1871–1949). Public Domain. Anonymous, Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #33824. Source

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