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_Hamlet_. Prue and I do not entertain much; our means forbid it. In truth, other people entertain for us. We enjoy that hospitality of which no account is made. We see the show, and hear the music, and smell the flowers, of great festivities, tasting, as it were, the drippings from rich dishes. HAMLET PRUE AND I DO NOT ENTERTAIN MUCH OUR MEANS FORBID IT IN TRUTH OTHER PEOPLE ENTERTAIN FOR US WE ENJOY THAT HOSPITALITY OF WHICH NO ACCOUNT IS MADE WE SEE THE SHOW AND HEAR THE MUSIC AND SMELL THE FLOWERS OF GREAT FESTIVITIES TASTING AS IT WERE THE DRIPPINGS FROM RICH DISHES
 was mine, then, and not Bourne's. I took Titbottom's arm, and we sauntered toward the ferry. What sumptuous sultan was I, with this sad vizier? My languid odalisque, the sea, lay at my feet as we advanced, and sparkled all over with a sunset smile. Had I trusted myself to her arms, to be borne to the realms that I shall never see, or sailed long voyages towards Cathay, I am not sure I should have brought a more precious present to Prue, than the story of that afternoon. "Ought I to have gone alone?" I asked her, as I ended. "I ought not to have gone with you," she replied, "for I had work to do. But how strange that you should see such things at Staten Island. I never did, Mr. Titbottom," said she, turning to my deputy, whom I had asked to tea. "Madam," answered Titbottom, with a kind of wan and quaint dignity, so that I could not help thinking he must have arrived in that stray ship from the Spanish armada, "neither did Mr. Bourne." TITBOTTOM'S SPECTACLES. "In my mind's eye, Horatio.  TIT BOTTOM'S SPECTACLES BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX STUT ORG IN MY MIND'S EYE HORATIO
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