NO OBJECTIONS.
He was considerably past middle-age, and his fellow-passenger in the car was a woman of 40, with a raaikcl basket. Ho moved around uncju-ily for a few minutes, and thtn braced up and said : 1 Madam, 1 am troubled with chilblains. At this very moment my right heeL itches * so that it is torment for me to ait here. I would like to— ask — ' 'Go on, sir,' she replied. 'To a-k ili you would object skoal I I remove my boot.' ' Not in the least, sir — no, sir. I am. troubled with an infernal corn on my riglfcj; foot, and I was just wondering why 1 shouldn't remove my shoe and give it a rest. You take that end of. the cay ami I'll keep this, and our acquaintance goes no farther.'
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 10
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134NO OBJECTIONS. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 10
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