STUDIES IN REPARTEE.
Heavyside (Author of "Epaminondas" and other unread Epics). "By the bye, how much do you weigh, Binks?"
Little Binks. "Fourteen Stone!"
Heavyside. "Dear me! You don't look very Big, to weigh all that!"
Little Binks. "'Epaminondas' doesn't look very Big—but it's precious Heavy!">[