Note 56 — TABLE TALK; OR, ORIGINAL ESSAYS ON MEN AND MANNERS (continued 6)
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William, our waiter, is dressed neatly in black, takes in the Tickler, (which many of the gentlemen like to look into) wears, I am told, a diamond-pin in his shirt-collar, has a music-master to teach him to play on the flageolet two hours before the maids are up, complains of confinement and a delicate constitution, and is a complete Master Stephen in his way.