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A stout lady is in all the consternation of a blazing head of hair ; the enormous superstructure piled on her head has caught fire at the top from the sconces on the mantel ; her armchair is kicked over, and the whole of her household are making a desperate rush on to the scene of the conflagration ; the footman has dragged the tablecloth from beneath the tea equipage, which has fallen to destruction, and is endeavouring to envelope the headdress of his mistress in the folds ; a black page is discharging a flowerpot of water in the face of the distressed lady ; female servants are flinging up their arms and screaming ; and, in the rear, the elder servants are hurrying up in great distress.
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