“Ward-ed Off” from “Fun” (1880)

Ward-ed Off

"Governess: — “Allez vous couchez, Edouard.”
Edward: — “What?
"Governess: — “Allez vous couchez.”
Edward: — “I don’t understand ‘go to bed’ in French.

Wood engraving

Fun (12 July 1882): 13

Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

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