Part 2, Chapter 39: Our Adventurer Is Made Acquainted with a New Scene of Life

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​⁠With the Author’s Preface, and an Introduction by G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D. Department of English, Harvard University.

THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM

Just as he entered these mansions of misery, his ears were invaded with a hoarse and dreadful voice, exclaiming, “You, Bess Beetle, score a couple of fresh eggs, a pennyworth of butter, and half a pint of mountain to the king; and stop credit ti