LOUD LAUGHTER IN COURT.
“M’ Lud, what am I to do? I can make nothing of this witness.”
Norval, who had learned a little Latin, replied, “Do you mean that you can annihilate him?”
“No, m’ Lud, but I can’t make head or tail of him.”
“Never mind his head, and let him manage his own tail. Perhaps he’s a bit of a wag.”
“Very well, m’ Lud. Now, then, tell your story.”
“I’m not a story-teller. I always tell the truth.”
“Yes, yes, but come on with your own tale.”
“Tail! I haven’t a tail. I’m not one of your Darwin monkey-people.”