“What’s the connection between me and steers?”
The wig protested vigorously against any implication of relationship with steers.
“H—mm! Can it be that this is what our new-fangled writers call humour?”
The wig sank down to his eyebrows, which signified doubt.
“I will call up the boy and——”
The wig passed again to the zenith, to express its satisfaction with the teacher’s determination to interview the butcher’s boy.
Lucas de Wilde: “Religion.”
Religion very nice must be,
Much it pleases the people we see.
“The fundamental idea is very beautiful,” said the teacher, “but it ought to have been developed better.”