The Silent Observer and a Swamped Introductory Gambit
A series of quips about social manners and surnames unfolds at a club. A tramp explains that begging is the only way to talk to a beautiful lady without an introduction while a club discussion links surnames like Smith and Baker to ancestral occupations.
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Smith
Baker
Miller
Webb
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