More plainly—you were sold.

"Well, neither of us shared

The dainty." That your plea?

"Well, neither of us cared,"

I answer. . . . "Let me see.

How have your trousers fared?"

Rudyard Kipling.

IMITATION OF ROBERT BROWNING

BIRTHDAYS? yes, in a general way;

For the most if not for the best of men.