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and — er — I may say" (another whispered conference with the 

 clerk, in which the words "not Chablis, but a small bottle of 

 Guinness " were heard distinctly in Court)'" I may say that — 

 er — I think we will adjourn now," he concluded, turning from 

 his clerk, and again addressing the Court at large. His Lord- 

 ship then rose, smacked his lips at the thought of the luscious 

 Whitstables and the rich brown stout awaiting him, and 

 quickly waddled off through the curtained doorway. 



