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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. Sep. 12, 1891
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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. Sep. 12, 1891
Author: Various
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 101.
September 12, 1891.
SOME CIRCULAR NOTES.
CHAPTER IV
._REIMS--SOLEMNITY--RELIEF--EN VOITURE--POLITENESS--CALLING--CALVES--CAVES--STARTING--COCHER--DUET._
Seen the Cathedral. Grand. As I am not making notes for a Guide-book, shall say nothing about it. "Don't mention it." I shan't. Much struck by the calm air of repose about Reims. So silent is it, that DAUBINET's irrepressible singing in the solemn court-yard of the Hotel comes quite as a relief. It is an evidence of life. This Hotel's exceptional quietude suggests the idea of its being conducted like a prison on the silent system, with, of course, dumbwaiters to assist in the peculiarly clean and tidy _salle à manger_.
"Petzikoff! Blass the Prince of WAILES!" sings out DAUBINET, whose _Mark-Tapley_-like spirits would probably be only exhilarated by a lonely night in the Cata