# Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 17, 1887

Author: Various; Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 [Editor]

Genre: Punch

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40629

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Punch%2C+or+the+London+Charivari%2C+Volume+93%2C+December+17%2C+1887+Various%3B+Burnand&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I am, as you will understand, so busy in my preparations for departure, that I fear I may not find time to call upon you, _p.p.c._, and therefore take up my pen to write these few lines, hoping they will find you well, as they leave me at present. It is an odd reflection to one who has reached my time of life, that henceforward sixteen-shilling trousers shall have no more interest for me. Already, in the privacy of my room, I don the flowing robes of the East, and sit by the hour as you see me in a little sketch I have had made, and beg your acceptance herewith. It is all very strange to me yet. As GR-ND-LPH says, it is the oddest thing in the world that the Ark and I, after much tossing...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-93-december-17-1887-40629/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-93-december-17-1887-40629/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-93-december-17-1887-40629/chapters/3/index.md)