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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, September 5, 1891
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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, September 5, 1891
Author: Various
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 101.
September 5, 1891.
SOME CIRCULAR NOTES.
CHAPTER III
._REIMS--NIGHT--STREETS--ARRIVAL--LION D'OR--DEPRESSION--LANDLADY--BOOTS--CATHEDRAL--LONELINESS--BED._
It is just ten o'clock. Reims seems to be in bed and fast asleep, except for the presence in the streets of a very few persons, official and unofficial, of whom the former are evidently on the alert as to the movements, slouching and uncertain, of the latter.
We drive under ancient Roman Arch; DAUBINET tells me its history in a vague kind of way, breaking off suddenly to say that I shall see it to-morrow, when, so he evidently wishes me to infer, the Roman Arch will speak for itself. Then we drive past a desolate-looking Museum. I believe it is a Museum, though DAUBINET's information is a trifle uncertain on this point.
We pass a theatre, brilliantly illumi