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[Illustration: A NEW ADJECTIVE.
_Customer._ "YOU'LL FIND I MEASURE A BIT MORE ROUND THE WAIST THAN I
DID LAST TIME YOU TOOK MY MEASURE."
_Tailor._ "AH, WELL, SIR, IF I MAY BE ALLOWED TO SAY SO, YOU _ARE_ A
TRIFLE MORE--AH--MORE _LOBENGULOUS_ THAN FORMERLY."]
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