[Illustration: A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
_Oyster Opener._ "WILL YER HAVE SOUND OYSTERS?"
_Newly-arrived Cockney._ "WILL I 'AVE _sound_ HOYSTERS!--NOW DO I LOOK LIKE THAT KIND OF RIDICULOUS HIDIOT AS 'D EAT _un_SOUND HOYSTERS?"]
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