Andrew. “Come! the beggars have got hold of some of our words!”
Robinson. “Silence in the court!”
Andrew. “I ask pardon, captain.”
Stevens. “But the other pounced on it first, so they both claim it.”
Robinson. “Well! I call it a plain case.”
Stevens. “So I told them.”
Robinson. “Exactly! Which do you think ought to have it?”
Stevens. “Why, I told them we have a proverb—'Losers, seekers—finders, keepers.'”
Robinson. “Of course; and which was the finder?”
Stevens. “Oh! of course this one that—hum! Well, to be sure he only said 'ah!' he did not point. Then perhaps—but on the other hand—hum!”