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both alike, without you mean a dis¬ 
paragement to my right one that has 
the bunion ; which would be, on your 
part, undutiful and unfatherly. As to 
my putting a good face on the matter, 
which you also advise, I am unable, 
seeing that I have a swelled nose and 
the mumps. Mistress Violetta is a 
thought or so pretty; but has an 
ungainly knack of tittering when I 
speak to her. Craving your bless¬ 
ing* 
“‘I remain, 
“ 4 Your dutiful but suffering Son, 
“ ‘ Edmund Belamour.’ ” 
“ Judging from the young gentle- 
maids epistolary correspondence,” I 
