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all enjoyment and all pleasure - and all
merry-making.

And then came the refreshments - just as
elaborate as the other '09 efforts and quite
as much appreciated. My hat! (as one of
the Freshies oft remarks) how those people
did eat, creating vacuum after vacuum
upon the once well-filled centre table.
In time, however - whether prompted by
shame or actual sufficiency I know not -
they arose and shuffled heavily from the
room, looking almost longingly at the
three remaining macaroons and two pieces
of cake.

And then they went home. We stood at
the door and watched them as they
departed. With deepest satisfaction and
lasting enjoyment - free from envy and jealousy
- we saw them pass through the heavy