Sterne's ghost at the Hôtel d'Angleterre (1862) [ Residences & Lodgings ]
… am Master Eustace of Saint Peter's,” said the old gentleman in the shirt. “When my Lord King Edward laid siege to this city—” “Laid siege to Jericho!” cries Mr. Brummell. “The old man is cracked—cracked, sir!” “—Laid siege to this city,” continued the old man, “I and five more promised Messire Gautier de Mauny that we would give ourselves up as … to a baronet. Firkins, my butterman, was a knight—a knight and alderman. Wales knighted him once on going into the City.” “I am not surprised that the gentleman should not understand Messire Eustace of St. Peter's,” said the ghostly …
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