Quite at Home
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Excerpt from Quite at Home: With Illustrations From "Punch;" It´s a traditional Eel - : it is to Boodels´ pond what the Sea Serpent is to the ocean. The Eel in Boodels´ pond has been seen more than once: in fact, it must have been seen to have been appreciated; but it is difficult to arrive at the fortunate person who has seen him. The Head Gardener hasn´t, but he knows he´s there." But why should a Head Gardener see an eel more than anybody else? He has nothing to do, professionally, with the fishpond. Boodels´ Head Gardener wears moustachios, and has a military air. He evidently delights in planting all his vegetables and fruit in lines. He passes along the lines, reviewing, as it were, his troops. When the right moment arrives, he will say, "Up, Strawberries, and at ´em!" The Under Gardener, who is, somehow, officially connected with the ducks, is reported to have seen the Eel. This individual, however, is of a taciturn disposition, and if he has seen the Eel, he won´t tell. When asked about the Eel, he smiles, wags his head (a sign of pleasure with him when addressed, and is, probably, a habit acquired from having a good deal to do with the animals on the establishment), and mutters something about there being a big "Eel" somewhere (he is unintelligible beyond this), and walks on. My private impression, after awhile, founded upon observation, is that if this Under Gardener has seen the Eel, he has eaten him. Hence his silence, and hence the smile. Hence, also, the mysterious legends still current at Boodels´, and in the neighborhood, about the marvellous Eel. The Butler, in idle moments (of which, I fancy, he has several at command), has set lines for this Eel. [Happy Thought. - The Butler and the Eel, a fine subject for a poem.] No result. The Eel, if there, stayed where he was, and the Butler retired. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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