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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...time to catch the three o'clock train for London.* He looks at his watch critically, and replies, "I am afraid we shall miss it by just twelve minutes." He smiles for some reason or other, and I see him afterwards whispering to the man who ordered the quart of port. Suddenly a bell rings, and somebody says, "Dinner." I rush down stairs and get a seat at the table before any one else. There does not seem to be anything to eat. I ask one of the waiters why the bell rang when dinner was not ready. He smiles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACROSS THE WIDE OCEAN. | 10/9/1874 | See Source »

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