POMPONIUS EGO 



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CHAPTER VII 



POMPONIUS EGO 



great Mr. Ego having exalted the 

 horns of the principal hunts in the 

 kingdom, was now spending his time 

 pleasantly between London and Paris living at 

 Calais from whence he emerged at short notice 

 to attend buttering matches in England ; and the 

 glowing account he gave of some great man's 

 establishment, caused Mr. Jorrocks to pant for 

 that enduring fame which statuary and stationery 

 best can give. Accordingly he made the overture 

 contained in the following letter : 



' DEAR MR. HEGO, 



'If your intercourse with Dukes and other great 

 guns o' the world leaves any margin for the doin's of 

 the pop-guns o' the chase, I shall be werry 'appy if you 

 will come here and take a look at our most provincial 



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