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gentleman, his mission thus satisfactorily accomplished,, 

 bowed himself out, and down the front -door steps. 



'It never rains but it pours,' and to put the finishing 

 touch on poor Trousers's burden of woe, he received, that 



THE WRIT. 



evening, a polite note, bearing the address of Catchem Court 

 upon the back of the envelope. It ran as follows — 



" Catchem Court. 

 " My dear Sir, 



" I understand from my daughter Lucretia, that whilst 



staying with us here, you did her and ourselves — I speak with 



the full concurrence of my wife — the great honour of proposing 



for her hand. I could have wished, perhaps, that you had 



H.H. o 



