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sure some perplexed to know haow to handle a lord, but it comforted me some to see that he had a black eye just like any other man. Lords I'd heerd of in books, and knowin' I was not in my own kentry, it seemed to me that a lord might be difficult, but this one was a gentleman and no fatal error. He treated me square, and seemed pleased to know me, and he said that I'd handled those fellers right. And when we came to his rooms, which was in Hayf Moon Street, he said 'Shake,' and I shook, and we washed off the blood in baths, and he loaned me a shirt, of which I was in sore need. And he had a man who bro't it to me and brushed me down very civil, and as quiet s'if he brushed cowboys from the Brazos every day, and presently he says, 'Sir, breakfast is on the table.' And I hed breakfast, of which I was in sore need. And the lord said, 'You're a daisy. Tell me where you come from, and what you're doin' here, for sure you saved my life, sonny.' And I instructed him haow I came here, and told him haow Charlie filled me up with London. I asked him if he knew you, Charlie, but he
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