Yours,

HEAD CLERK IN THE BOOKING-OFFICE.

Reply from Baron de B.-W.—­Mislaid “The GEO. M.’s” first volume of One of Our Conquerors just when I had reached the middle of it, and the story was beginning.  Most unfortunate.  Must advertise for it.

BARON DE BOOK-WORMS.

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