“And then?”
“Colic.”
“There! what did I tell you just now?” cried my companion, turning toward the stupefied audience. “But let’s go on; this is nothing; I’ll wager that he will tell you everything I did.—What caused my trouble?”
“Indigestion.”
“And the indigestion?”
“From eating too much supper.”
“Surprising! prodigious!” said the host, crowding between his two servants.
“Hush!” said my companion; “don’t break the spell.—Then what did I do?”
“You got up.”
“With what purpose?”