CONVERSATION AT A BALL
She — " Why, how glud lam to see you tonight, Mr S. ? Just think, it's fifteen years since 1 saw you last ?" He — " Quite remarkable, I declare." She — "That was my iirst ball ; and I was 16-year old debutante."
He (using pencil and paper) — " Let's see, 1G and 15 : 5 and 6 make 11, one to carry ; 1 and 1 and 1 are ; 31 ; that's right, Miss?" " She — " Oh. you abominable thing !"
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 335, 9 May 1885, Page 4
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75CONVERSATION AT A BALL Observer, Volume 7, Issue 335, 9 May 1885, Page 4
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