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The weak at Fontingblow past quickly away; and at the end of it, our son / and daughter-in-law -- a pare of nice young tuttle-duvs -- returned to their / nest, at the Hotel Mirabew. I suspeck that the COCK turtle-dove was / preshos sick of his barging.
When they arriv'd, the fust thing they found on their table was a large / parsle wrapt up in silver paper, and a newspaper, and a couple of cards, / tied up with a peace of white ribbing. In the parsle was a hansume piece / of plum-cake, with a deal of sugar. On the cards was wrote, in Goffick / characters,