# Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 4, 1890

Author: Various

Genre: Punch

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12306

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Punch%2C+or+the+London+Charivari%2C+Volume+99%2C+October+4%2C+1890+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was all the Slavey what got us into the mess. Have you ever noticed what a way a Slavey has of snuffling and saying, "Lor, Sir, oo'd 'a thought it?" on the slightest provocation. She comes into your room just as you are about to fill your finest two-handed meerschaum with Navy-cut, and looks at you with a far-away look in her eyes, and a wisp of hair winding carelessly round the neck of her print dress. You murmur something in an insinuating way about that box of Vestas you bought last night from the blind man who stands outside "The Old King of Prussia" pub round the corner. Then one of her hairpins drops into the fireplace, and you rush to pick it up, and she rushes at the same momen...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-october-4-1890-12306/chapters/6/index.md)