Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures
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LECTURE I.
MR. CAUDLE HAS LENT FIVE POUNDS TO A FRIEND.
LECTURE XIX.
MRS. CAUDLE THINKS "IT WOULD LOOK
WELL TO KEEP THEIR WEDDING DAY." 
LECTURE  II.
MR.CAUDLE HAS BEEN AT A TAVERN WITH A FRIEND, AND
"IS ENOUGH TO POISON A WOMAN" WITH TOBACCO-SMOKE.
LECTURE XX.
"BROTHER" CAUDLE HAS BEEN TO A MASONIC CHARITABLE DINNER.
MRS. CAUDLE HAS HIDDEN THE "BROTHER’S" CHEQUE-BOOK. 
LECTURE  III.
MR. CAUDLE  JOINS A CLUB,—
"THE SKYLARKS."
LECTURE XXI.
MR. CAUDLE HAS NOT ACTED
"LIKE A HUSBAND" 
AT THE WEDDING DINNER.
LECTURE IV.
MR. CAUDLE HAS BEEN CALLED
FROM HIS BED TO BAIL
MR. PRETTYMAN FROM THE WATCH-HOUSE.
LECTURE XXII.
CAUDLE COMES HOME IN THE EVENING, 
AS MRS. CAUDLE HAS "JUST STEPPED OUT, SHOPPING.’ 
 ON HER RETURN, AT TEN, CAUDLE REMONSTRATES. 
LECTURE V.
MR. CAUDLE HAS REMAINED DOWN STAIRS
TILL PAST ONE, WITH A FRIEND.
LECTURE XXIII.
MRS. CAUDLE "WISHES TO KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING TO THE
SEA-SIDE, OR NOT, THIS SUMMER—THAT’S ALL."
LECTURE VI.
MR. CAUDLE HAS LENT AN ACQUAINTANCE
THE FAMILY UMBRELLA.
LECTURE XXIV.
MRS. CAUDLE  DWELLS ON CAUDLE’S  "CRUEL NEGLECT" OF
HER ON BOARD THE "RED ROVER."
MRS. CADDLE  SO "ILL WITH THE SEA,"
THAT THEY PUTUP AT THE DOLPHIN, HERNE BAY.
LECTURE VII.
MR. CAUDLE HAS VENTURED A REMONSTRANCE ON HIS DAY’S DINNER: 
COLD MUTTON, AND NO PUDDING. 
MRS. CAUDLE DEFENDS THE COLD SHOULDER.
LECTURE XXV.
MRS. CAUDLE, WEARIED OF MARGATE,
HAS "A GREAT DESIRE TO SEE FRANCE."
LECTURE VIII.
CAUDLE HAS BEEN MADE A MASON—MRS. CAUDLE
INDIGNANT AND CURIOUS.
LECTURE XXVI.
MRS. CAUDLE’S FIRST NIGHT IN FRANCE.
—" SHAMEFUL INDIFFERENCE" OF CAUDLE
AT THE BOULOGNE CUSTOM HOUSE.
LECTURE IX.
MR. CAUDLE HAS BEEN TO GREENWICH FAIR.
LECTURE XXVII.
MRS. CAUDLE RETURNS TO HER NATIVE LAND. 
"UNMANLY CRUELTY" OF CAUDLE, WHO HAS REFUSED
"TO SMUGGLE A FEW THINGS" FOR HER.
LECTURE X.
ON MR. CAUDLES SHIRT-BUTTONS.
LECTURE XXVIII.
MRS. CAUDLE HAS RETURNED HOME—
THE HOUSE (OF COURSE) NOT FIT TO BE SEEN.
MR. CAUDLE, IN SELF-DEFENCE, TAKES A BOOK.
LECTURE XI.
MRS. CAUDLE SUGGESTS THAT
HER DEAR MOTHER SHOULD
"COME AND LIVE WITH THEM."
LECTURE XXIX.
MRS. CAUDLE THINKS
"THE TIME HAS COME TO HAVE
A COTTAGE OUT OF TOWN."
LECTURE XII.
MR. CAUDLE, HAVING COME HOME
A LITTLE LATE, DECLARES THAT HENCEFORTH
"HE WILL HAVE A KEY"
LECTURE XXX.
MRS. CAUDLE COMPLAINS OF THE "TURTLE-DOVERY."
—DISCOVERS BLACK-BEETLES—
THINKS IT "NOTHING BUT RIGHT" THAT CAUDLE
SHOULD SET UP A CHAISE.
LECTURE XIII.
MRS. CAUDLE HAS BEEN TO SEE HER DEAR MOTHER.
CAUDLE, ON THE "JOYFUL OCCASION,
HAS GIVEN A PARTY.
LECTURE XXXI.
MRS. CAUDLE COMPLAINS VERY
BITTERLY THAT MR. CAUDLE HAS
"BROKEN HER CONFIDENCE."
LECTURE XIV.
MRS. CAUDLE THINKS IT "HIGH TIME" THAT THE
CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE SUMMER CLOTHING. 
LECTURE XXXII.
MRS. CAUDLE DISCOURSES OF MAIDS-OF-ALL-WORK
AND MAIDS IN GENERAL. MR. CAUDLE’S
"INFAMOUS BEHAVIOUR" TEN YEARS AGO.
LECTURE XV.
MR. CAUDLE HAS AGAIN STAYED OUT LATE.
MRS. CAUDLE, AT FIRST
INJURED AND VIOLENT, MELTS.
LECTURE XXXIII.
MRS. CAUDLE HAS DISCOVERED THAT
CAUDLE IS A RAILWAY DIRECTOR.
LECTURE XVI.
BABY IS TO BE CHRISTENED;
MRS. CAUDLE CANVASSES THE MERITS
OF PROBABLE GODFATHERS.
LECTURE XXXIV.
MISS. CAUDLE, SUSPECTING THAT MR. CAUDLE
HAS MADE HIS WILL, IS "ONLY ANXIOUS AS A WIFE"
TO KNOW ITS PROVISIONS.
LECTURE XVII.
CAUDLE IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY
HAS VENTURED TO QUESTION 
THE ECONOMY OF "WASHING AT HOME." 
LECTURE XXXV.
MRS. CAUDLE "HAS BEEN TOLD" THAT CAUDLE HAS
"TAKEN TO PLAY" AT BILLIARDS.
LECTURE XVIII.
CAUDLE, WHILST WALKING WITH HIS WIFE,
HAS BEEN BOWED TO BY
A YOUNGER  AND EVEN PRETTIER WOMAN
THAN MRS. CAUDLE.
LECTURE THE LAST.
MRS. CAUDLE HAS TAKEN COLD;
THE TRAGEDY OF THIN SHOES.
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