But I shook my head.

“No, it shall be tus,” I said. “Tus is better than tin.”

Then Charity and Understanding resumed the singing, from which the two fellow-members had been unable to desist, until after rapidly thinking, and coming to a further decision, I once again held up my hand.

“And I shall give Simeon Whey,” I said, “the first opportunity of becoming Augustus’s godfather.”

Then I took a deep breath, threw back my shoulders, tilted my chin, and closed my eyes; and with the full vigour of my immense voice, I too joined in the doxology.

THE END


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