The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 250: what you’re looking at

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MORE EXPLANATIONS 221 of beer, in which refreshments they expended the whole of the money received from Christian. It was perfectly true that they had come to prepare the way for the arrival of that wretched ducal pauper, the master whom they served, and were it not that the proprietor of Mivart’s Hotel was afraid of offending the British court and aristocracy, apartments in that establishment would not have been placed at the disposal of the reigning Duke of Maxe-Stolburg-Quotha and his suite of beggarly tatter- demalions. We should add that the fellow calling himself Count Frumpenhausen had been reinstated in the favour of the grand duke after the supper adventure at Bucking- ham Palace, and that on coming over to England on this present occasion it was hoped that incident would have been forgotten. Great therefore was the vexation of the two chevaliers and count on finding that the young Duke of Marchmont made allusion thereto in so pointed a manner. GOMIIGdOG SS) (SO)