.....additionally, the prague rothschild had joked..."it's the whale thing"...remember that japanese tourist joke....whales at the whale-way station etc etc...."the british royal wales" replies BI online....go figure:

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and yes, the hook upon the cellar door had looked like those 'hooks' upon that hatstand....two hooks broken, then?