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He seemed to be an old habitué of the music-hall, for without a programme he had known all that was coming. And then suddenly he came to his own; for, "Watch this," he said to those of us who were near him, strangers though we were, as a new number went up; "this is good. I know a chap in this. I'll tell you when he comes on. " We watched and waited. It was a furious knock-about sketch, the scene of which was a grocer's shop, staffed by comic grocers. Humorist after humorist came upon the stage, fell over each other, and went through the usual antics; but there was no news of our friend's friend, nor was the play good.