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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 405, July 1849

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 405, July 1849

CHRISTOPHER UNDER CANVASS

Encampment at Cladich. Time – Eleven, A.M.

SCENE – The Portal of the Pavilion.

North – Buller – Seward.

BULLER.

I know there is nothing you dislike so much as personal observations —

NORTH.

On myself to myself – not at all on others.

BULLER.

Yet I cannot help telling you to your face, sir, that you are one of the finest-looking old men —

NORTH.