"What?" says the party.
"All gold!" says the victim.
"A gold service?" inquires the party.
"Thirty-eight pieces!" continued the victim.
"Solid gold?" chimed the rest.
"Just half a ton in heft!"
"You don't tell us that?"
"Know it; eat out of 'em, then weighed 'em all!"
"P-h-e-w!" whistled some, while others went into stronger exclamations.
"Fact, by the great ——"