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An hour or two afterwards the landlord got up, and took his

handkerchief to wipe his face, but the pin ran into him and

pricked him: then he walked into the kitchen to light his pipe at

the fire, but when he stirred it up the eggshells flew into his

eyes, and almost blinded him. 'Bless me!' said he, 'all the world

seems to have a design against my head this morning': and so

saying, he threw himself sulkily into his easy chair; but, oh

dear! the needle ran into him; and this time the pain was not in

his head. He now flew into a very great passion, and, suspecting

the company who had come in the night before, he went to look

after them, but they were all off; so he swore that he never

again would take in such a troop of vagabonds, who ate a great

deal, paid no reckoning, and gave him nothing for his trouble but

their apish tricks.

2. HOW CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET WENT TO VISIT MR KORBES