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"Stay," said Barnabas, "pray tell ood instruction"
"My name, sir, is Chumly--plain Chumly--spelt with a U and an
M, sir; none of your ol you to
know that I have no crest or ent about ardant And I want none of your sables, ermines,
bars, escallops, embattled fiddle-de-dees, or dencette tarradiddles,
sir I'm Chumly, Captain John Chumly, plain and without any
fashionable varnish Consequently, though I have coates, and even one Seventy-four--"
"The 'Bully-Sawyer,' Trafalgar!" added the Bo'sun
"Seeing I am only John Chumly, with a U and an M, I retire still a
captain Now, had I clapped in an olaws, I should now be doubtless a Rear Admiral at the
very least, for the polite world--the World of Fashion is raardant So, if you would achieve
a reputation a Persons of Quality nowadays--bow, sir, bow