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Call it reciprocity," said Hamlet, dryly. "We were informed by the ladies that there was nothing for supper save the items I have already referred to," said Kidd. "I see it all now. We had tried to make them comfortable, and I put myself to some considerable personal inconvenience to make them easy in their minds, but they were ungrateful." CALL IT RECIPROCITY SAID HANNAH DRILY YOU WERE INFORMED BY THE LADIES THAT THERE WAS NOTHING FOR SUPPER SAVE THE ITEMS I HAVE ALREADY REFERRED TO SAID KID I SEE IT ALL NOW WE HAD TRIED TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE AND I PUT MYSELF TO SOME CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE TO MAKE THEM EASY IN THEIR MINDS BUT THEY WERE UNGRATEFUL
shion, and influenced, I confess it, by motives of revenge—I made off with your club-house, I neglected to ascertain if it were well stocked with provisions, a fatal error; for when we endeavored to get supper we discovered that the larder contained but half a bottle of farcie olives, two salted almonds, and a soda cracker—not a luxurious feast for sixty-nine pirates and a hundred and eighty-three women to sit down to.” “That’s all nonsense,” said Demosthenes. “The House Committee had provided enough supper for six hundred people, in anticipation of the appetite of the members on their return from the fight.” “Of course they did,” said Confucius; “and it was a good one, too—salads, salmon glacé, lobsters—every blessed thing a man can’t get at home we had; and what is more, they’d been delivered on board. I saw to that before I went up the river.” “Then,” moaned Kidd, “it is as I suspected. We were the victims of base treachery on the part of those women.” “Treachery? Well, I like that. HAT WHEN ACTING IN A WHOLLY INEXCUSABLE FASHION AND INFLUENCED I CONFESSED BY MOTIVES OF REVENGE I MADE OFF WITH YOUR CLUB HOUSE AND NEGLECTED TO ASCERTAIN THAT IT WERE WELL STOCKED WITH PROVISIONS A FATAL ERROR FOR WHEN WE ENDEAVOURED TO GET SUPPER WE DISCOVERED THAT THE LARDER CONTAINED BUT HALF A BOTTLE OF PARSEY OLIVE JUNE SALTED ALMOND AND AS SODA CRACKER NOT A LUXURIOUS FEAST FOR SIXTY NINE PIRATES BUT A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE WOMEN TO SIT DOWN TO THAT'S ALL NONSENSE SAID DEMOSTHENES THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HAD PROVIDED ENOUGH SUPPERS FOR SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE APPETITE OF THE MEMBERS ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE FIGHT OF COURSE THEY DID SAID PANUCIUS AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE TOO SALAD SALMON GLASS LOBSTERS EVERY BLESSED THING A MAN CAN'T GET AT HOME I HAD AND WHAT IS MORE THEY'D BEEN DELIVERED ON BOARD I SAW TO THAT BEFORE I WENT UP THE RIVER THEN MOANED KID IT IS AS I SUSPECTED WE WERE THE VICTIMS OF BASE TREACHERY ON THE PART OF THOSE WOMEN TREACHERY WELL I LIKE THAT
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