“No.”
“A picture? an ottoman? a statue? a new bonnet?”
“No—no—no—no!”
“Pshaw, it was nothing.”
“But I tell you it was something!”
“Something? then, a table-bell?”
“No; it is not a bell now, but it may be.”
“Not a bell now, but may be! Oh, pshaw, we give it up; tell us, what is it?”
“Well then—a live baby!”