3.14: The curiosity of young Edgar DeVille (Cruella's ancestor?) gets him into a tight spot! — Plus some early-Victorian dirty jokes and naughty song lyrics!

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Torrid minisode IN WHICH —

0:01:45: ROSE MORTIMER; or, THE BALLET-GIRL'S REVENGE, Ch. 8, IN WHICH —:

• We return to the estate of Count Lerno. The Count has invited a young man named Edgar Deville to his estate for a week’s debauchery; then he has to run to town for a few days, leaving Edgar at the house. Make yourself at home, the Count tells him; but, do not enter the blocked-off portion of the house. Do you think young Edgar will be able to resist the temptation to investigate? And what will be the consequence if he does? We shall see …

0:15:40: TWO SALACIOUS SALOON SONGS:

• "Venus and the Devil; or, The Fiery Tail!" which was a jocular song about the alleged Satanic origins of venereal disease;
• "The Fresh-water Cods." A cock-and-hen-club song about a pair of skinnydipping maidens, and their adventures with a pair of strange-looking fish sticking up out of the water, which turned out to be attached to a pair of local young men ...

0:22:10: THREE DIRTY JOKES ... followed by ...

0:26:40: TWO CLEAN JOKES.

Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John, for a half-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London! Grab a decanter and top off your glass, unload your stumps, and let's go!

GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

• ACADEMICIANS: Bordello girls
• COLLEGIATES: Penitentiary prisoners
• KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.

• CHICKSTERS: Flamboyant ladies, often prostitutes
• LADYBIRDS: Another term for chicksters
• BULLY ROCKS: Brothel muscle men
• ABBESS: Brothel madam
• MOTHER H: A famous abbess from the 1830s
• BOLT THE MOON: Fly by night
• BEAKS: Magistrates and judges