BOWLED OUT.
A stranger was conversing with Lord North in a public room, and opposite them was a party of ladies. " Pray, my lord," said the gentleman. " who is that large ugly woman I see yonder i" "That," said his lordship, "is Lady North."
"My dear lord," said the gentleman, confused at his unfortunate observation, and making an effort to correct it, " I mean the lady who stands next her." "That lady," said his lordship, "is my (laughter." The gentleman was now speechless. "Come, come," said Lord North, smiling, with |iis usual good-nature, when he observed his confusion, " you have made an ingenious, but unfortunate effort to get out of a scrape ; I forgive yon, for I believe Lady North and I are as plain a couple as any in England"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 926, 16 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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131BOWLED OUT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 926, 16 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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