COULDN'T OBLIGE.
At a more or less public dinner given in London in honor of a visitor, a young man, whose chief aim to distinction seemed to be the height of his collar and an eyeglass, said to the man near him : "Beastly nuisance, isn't it ? Spoke to that fellah over there —took him for a gentleman, and found he had a ribbon in his coat. The confounded head waiter, I suppose?" "Oh, no," replied the other ; "that is the guest of the evening !" "Hang it all ! Is it ?" said the young man. "Look here, old chap, would you mind sitting next to me at dinner and telling me who everyone is ?" '"I would do so with pleasure," was the reply ; "but, you see, I can't— I'm the confounded head waiter !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 508, 12 October 1912, Page 7
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131COULDN'T OBLIGE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 508, 12 October 1912, Page 7
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