Mum. I have.
Ama. How like a courtier!—'tis well. Falalaria, our Princess Regent, loves——
Mum. (With a considerable degree of self-complacency.) I think she does!
Ama. Not you—another.
Mum. Then, by my soul, he dies!
Ama. Nay! by my soul, he lives! 'Tis Blubbero, the mighty King of Finland.
Mum. From Finland!—pshaw! A king of dolphins and Prince of Whales.
"WEATHER OR NO."
The last time that Theodore Hook dined at Amen Corner, he was unusually late, and dinner was served before he made his appearance. Mr. Barham apologized for having sat down without him, observing that he had quite given him up, and had supposed "that the weather had deterred him."