54. COMPLIMENT TO A LADY
[How nicely this might fit into a ladies' party.]
Sidney Smith, the cultivated writer and divine, who, when describing his country residence, declared that he lived twelve miles from a lemon, was told by a beautiful girl that a certain pea in his garden would never come to perfection. "Permit me then," said he, taking her by the hand, "to lead perfection to the pea."