As we've MASSINOT's[13] eloquent _carte_ to eat still up.
An inch and a half's but a trifle to fill up.
So--not to lose time, DICK--here goes for the task;
_Au revoir_, my old boy--of the Gods I but ask
That my life, like "the Leap of the German," may be,
_"Du lit a la table, d'la table du lit!"_
R. F.
[1] An English tailor at Paris.
[2] A ship is said to miss stays, when she does not obey the helm in
tacking.
[3] The dandy term for a tailor.
[4] "Lemonade and _eau-de-groseille_ are measured out at every corner
of every street, from fantastic vessels, jingling with bells, to thirsty
tradesmen or wearied messengers."--See Lady Morgan's lively description of
the streets of Paris, in her very amusing work upon France, book vi.
[5] These gay, portable fountains, from which the groseille water is
administered, are among the most characteristic ornaments of the streets
of Paris.
[6] Veronica, the Saint of the Holy Handkerchief, is also, under the name
of Venisse or Venecia, the tutelary saint of milliners.
[7] St. Denys walked three miles after his head was cut off.
[8] Off the Boulevards Italiens.
[9] In the Palais Royal; successor, I believe, to the Flamaud, so long
celebrated for the _moelleux_ of his Gaufres.
[10] Doctor Cotterel recommends, for this purpose, the Beaujon or French
Mountains.
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