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NIGHTMARE ABBEY.
with a consciousness of my own nothingness, in the presence of so great a man as Mr. Flosky. I know not what is the colour of Dante's devils, but, as he is certainly becoming fashionable, I conclude they are blue; for the blue devils, as it seems to me, Mr. Flosky, constitute the fundamental feature of fashionable literature.
Mr. Flosky.
The blue are, indeed, the staple commodity; but as they will not always be commanded, the black, red, and grey, may be admitted as substitutes. Tea, late dinners, and the French Revolution, have played the devil, Mr. Listless, and brought the devil into play.
Mr. Toobad, (starting up.)
Having great wrath.
