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Late And Early
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THE regular routine of clerkly business ill suited the literary tastes
and the wayward habits of Charles Lamb. Once, at the India House, a
superior said to him, I have remarked, Mr. Lamb, that you come very
late to the office.--Yes, sir, replied the wit, but you must
remember that I go away early. The oddness of the excuse silenced the
reprover.
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