Already we hear of "A
Dynamic Phenomenon" at the Pavilion. Little Mrs. ABBOTT is an active,
spry little person, yet her "_vis inertiae_" is, at present, without a
parallel.
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THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONS.
NO. XVI.
SCENE--_Terrace and Grounds of the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este,
on Lake Como. PODBURY and CULCHARD are walking up and down
together._
_Podbury._ Well, old chap, your resigning like that has made all the
difference to _me_, I can tell you!
_Culchard._ If I have succeeded in advancing your cause with Miss
PRENDERGAST, I am all the better pleased, of course.
_Podb._ You have, and no mistake. She's regularly taken me in hand,
don't you know--she says I've no intelligent appreciation of Italian
Art; and gad, I believe she's right there! But I'm pulling up--bound
to teach you a lot, seeing all the old altar-pieces I do! And she
gives me the right tips, don't you see; she's no end of a clever girl,
so well-read and all that! But I say--about Miss TROTTER? Don't want
to be inquisitive, you know, but you don't seem to be much _about_
with her.
[Illustration: "Bound to teach you a lot, seeing all the old
altar-pieces I do!"]
_Culch.
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