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Thanks for catching them, Laura. I've edited them all and re-uploaded.

Yes, it paints an awful picture! It's a pleasant little piece, though, with the furious waiters and barmaid.

Pete

Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded Chapter Nine.

I didn't manage to get to Gough Square over the weekend; shopping on Saturday, and waiting for an Amazon delivery on Sunday. I hope to get there some time this week.

Peter

Thank you very much, Sonia. It's a funny little book about a pub in London that has stood there since just after the Great Fire in 1667. I've not been into it, though I've occasionally been down the alley where its front door is. I'm definitely going to explore it now! I've uploaded my first attempt...

Yes, it's the Cheshire Cheese book; I think he starts all of his chapters with a quote. This one is at the start of the chapter about the great pudding served up in the pub.

Peter

Thanks, Sonia; no, there's no hurry.

Peter

And, from the same book as my last query, could someone help me with this French quote, please? ... including the name of the author.

_La découverte d’un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre
humain que la découverte d’une étoile._—BRILLAT-SAVARIN.

Peter

Thanks, Anne; and that's a lovely cover.

Peter

And here's chapter 8, Dr Johnson's Homes and Haunts, the shortest so far, at under three minutes. It mentions him living in Gough Square. Looking at the map, Gough Square, where Johnson spent part of his life, seems to be in an area that I've never wandered round. I'll have a look today or tomorrow....

Thanks, Laura. I hadn't realised we were both talking about the same anecdote! I've uploaded chapter 7 - Club Life at the 'Cheese' But I've no idea of what was meant by the line "If Fashion's forms its current freeze..." in "Envoi" at about 1430, so I may have the emphasis/intona...

Thanks, Sonia; I've PM'd you my attempt.

Peter

Could someone help me with the pronunciation of "Ein Guter Trunk Machtalte Jung", please?


Peter

Here you go. An odd last line .... it feels much less sensitive than the rest of the poem.

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/eagleandtheflower_musgrove_py_128kb.mp3
(1.40)

Peter

I'd like to suggest "The Watched Pot", a three act play by Saki. The only problem is the date of the copy on archive.org, but it looks okay to me. Wikipedia link for play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watched_Pot Text of play is in ... The Novels and Plays of Saki, Vol. 1 Source: http...

Thanks for catching that, Laura. Chapter six has been edited and re-uploaded.

I think my favourite was the manageress's "Only two gentlemen making a few masonic signs under the table".

Peter

Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded chapter six. The quotes aren't as funny in the cold light of day as they would be beside the Cheese fire!

Peter