{"id":"01KG8AK6HW81P4AEKAA46V4QPX","cid":"bafkreih3s35ykd4pekpupdeuwanhxbgp7tcueebwq23s4atbnheiammcaa","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":6194,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:56.339Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 3","source_file":"01KG89J1C1N72JCD0ZBGTBX0EX","start_line":6126,"text":"The two breasts were gouged ruthlessly out, exposing the bare bones,\r\nembellished with the untouched pinions and legs.\r\n\r\n\"Yes, who knows!\" said my guide, \"his Royal Highness the Prince Regent\r\nmight have eaten of that identical pheasant.\"\r\n\r\n\"I don't doubt it,\" murmured I, \"he is said to be uncommonly fond of\r\nthe breast. But where is Napoleon's head in a charger? I should fancy\r\nthat ought to have been the principal dish.\"\r\n\r\n\"You are merry. Sir, even Cossacks are charitable here in Guildhall.\r\nLook! the famous Platoff, the Hetman himself--(he was here last night\r\nwith the rest)--no doubt he thrust a lance into yon pork-pie there.\r\nLook! the old shirtless man has it now. How he licks his chops over it,\r\nlittle thinking of or thanking the good, kind Cossack that left it him!\r\nAh! another--a stouter has grabbed it. It falls; bless my soul!--the\r\ndish is quite empty--only a bit of the hacked crust.\"\r\n\r\n\"The Cossacks, my friend, are said to be immoderately fond of fat,\"\r\nobserved I. \"The Hetman was hardly so charitable as you thought.\"\r\n\r\n\"A noble charity, upon the whole, for all that. See, even Gog and Magog\r\nyonder, at the other end of the hall fairly laugh out their delight at\r\nthe scene.\"\r\n\r\n\"But don't you think, though,\" hinted I, \"that the sculptor, whoever he\r\nwas, carved the laugh too much into a grin--a sort of sardonical grin?\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, that's as you take it, sir. But see--now I'd wager a guinea\r\nthe Lord Mayor's lady dipped her golden spoon into yonder golden-hued\r\njelly. See, the jelly-eyed old body has slipped it, in one broad gulp,\r\ndown his throat.\"\r\n\r\n\"Peace to that jelly!\" breathed I.\r\n\r\n\"What a generous, noble, magnanimous charity this is! unheard of in\r\nany country but England, which feeds her very beggars with golden-hued\r\njellies.\"\r\n\r\n\"But not three times every day, my friend. And do you really think that\r\njellies are the best sort of relief you can furnish to beggars? Would\r\nnot plain beef and bread, with something to do, and be paid for, be\r\nbetter?\"\r\n\r\n\"But plain beef and bread were not eaten here. Emperors, and\r\nprince-regents, and kings, and field marshals don't often dine on plain\r\nbeef and bread. So the leavings are according. Tell me, can you expect\r\nthat the crumbs of kings can be like the crumbs of squirrels?\"\r\n\r\n\"_You!_ I mean _you_! stand aside, or else be served and away! Here,\r\ntake this pasty, and be thankful that you taste of the same dish with\r\nher Grace the Duchess of Devonshire. Graceless ragamuffin, do you hear?\"\r\n\r\nThese words were bellowed at me through the din by a red-gowned\r\nofficial nigh the board.\r\n\r\n\"Surely he does not mean _me_,\" said I to my guide; \"he has not\r\nconfounded _me_ with the rest.\"\r\n\r\n\"One is known by the company he keeps,\" smiled my guide. \"See! not only\r\nstands your hat awry and bunged on your head, but your coat is fouled\r\nand torn. Nay,\" he cried to the red-gown, \"this is an unfortunate\r\nfriend: a simple spectator, I assure you.\"\r\n\r\n\"Ah! is that you, old lad?\" responded the red-gown, in familiar\r\nrecognition of my guide--a personal friend as it seemed; \"well, convey\r\nyour friend out forthwith. Mind the grand crash; it will soon be\r\ncoming; hark! now! away with him!\"\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 3"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJK5E4AYBB3EJ2HKZXQYW","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1C1N72JCD0ZBGTBX0EX","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKCKPX26E1BW4GZCJQTP2","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AK6HWER25ST8YGV3THAJG","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:56.476Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:10.368Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}