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Then the gathering broke up, and the good folk paired themselves and separated. Harry and his lady strolled off to secluded byways in the forest, so that they might discourse of their loves and digest their dinner. THEN THE GATHERING BROKE UP AND THE GOOD FOLK PAIRED THEMSELVES AND SEPARATED HARRY AND HIS LADY STROLLED OFF TO SECLUDED BY WAYS IN THE FOREST SO THAT THEY MIGHT DISCOURSE OF THEIR LOVES AND DIGEST THEIR DINNER
y way of grace, at which Liza called out to him: 'Don't do thet, you'll bust, I know you will, an' if you bust you'll quite spoil my dinner!' Then they all set to. Pork-pies, saveloys, sausages, cold potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, cold bacon, veal, ham, crabs and shrimps, cheese, butter, cold suet-puddings and treacle, gooseberry-tarts, cherry-tarts, butter, bread, more sausages, and yet again pork-pies! They devoured the provisions like ravening beasts, stolidly, silently, earnestly, in large mouthfuls which they shoved down their throats unmasticated. The intelligent foreigner seeing them thus dispose of their food would have understood why England is a great nation. He would have understood why Britons never, never will be slaves. They never stopped except to drink, and then at each gulp they emptied their glass; no heel-taps! And still they ate, and still they drank--but as all things must cease, they stopped at last, and a long sigh of content broke from their two-and-thirty throats. ITTLE IRONY THE OTHER MAN BLEW HIS HORN BY WAY OF GRACE AT WHICH LIZA CALLED OUT TO HIM DON'T DO THAT YOU'LL BUST I KNOW YOU WILL AND IF YOU BUST YOU'LL QUITE SPOIL MY DINNER THEN THEY ALL SET TO PUT PIES SAVOYS SAUSAGES COLD POTATOES HARD BOILED EGGS COLD BACON VEAL HAM CRABS AND SHRIMPS CHEESE BUTTER COLD SUIT PUDDINGS AND TREAPLE GOOSEBERRY TARTS CHERRY TARTS BUTTER BREAD MORE SAUSAGES AND YET AGAIN BROUGHT PIES THEY DEVOURED THE PROVISIONS LIKE RAVENING BEASTS STOLIDLY SILENTLY EARNESTLY IN LARGE MOUTHFULS WHICH THEY SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROATS UNMASTICATED THE INTELLIGENT FOREIGNER SEEING THEM THUS DISPOSE OF THEIR FOOD WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHY ENGLAND IS A GREAT NATION HE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHY BRITONS NEVER NEVER WILL BE SLAVES THEY NEVER STOPPED EXCEPT TO DRINK AND THEN AT EACH GULP THEY EMPTIED THEIR GLASSES NO HEEL TAPS AND STILL THEY ATE AND STILL THEY DRANK BUT AS ALL THINGS MUST CEASE THEY STOPPED AT LAST AND A LONG SIGH OF CONTENT BROKE FROM THEIR TWO AND THIRTY THROATS
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