“Must ask to have” from “Fun” (1878)

Must ask to have

Kyd (Joseph Clarke)?

Fun 28 (14 August 1878): 68

(Driver has pulled up for a drink.) Potman: — “Now, then stout and mild”

Testy Old Gent: — “You know this sort of thing won’t do for me.”

Driver: — “Oh, well, yer can ’ave anything else yer like, you know; but nobody ain’t asked yer wot you’ll ’ave yet.”

Signed with monogram lower right

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George P. Landow

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