His Lordship. "No, I cannot see that."
Counsel. "Your Lordship only makes my remarks more pointed than I actually intended."
His Lordship. "Please do not set cheap traps or you may one day get caught in them yourself."
Counsel (gallantly). "In that case, I can only hope that your Lordship may be there to extricate me by the nimbleness of your wit."
His Lordship (beaming round upon the Court, and especially upon Counsel). "Very pleasant, very clever; your speech interests me very much; pray continue!"
Learned Counsel (continuing). "Shakespeare, our best guide, philosopher, poet, thinker, and prophet, had fitly and most appropriately even foretold this very matter with regard to the Lion; maybe had prophesied it, when he told us there were sermons in stone and good in everything."
Judge (awakening, after dozing). "Good gracious! I always understood it was bronze."
Counsel. "Ahem! Yes, my Lord, that is to say stone pedestal, bronze beast."
His Lordship. "Very well, but when you quote for a purpose always quote with exact correctness."
Counsel (proceeds). "Did not the creature his Lordship had referred to as the great Pyg—Pyg—Pyg——-"