“You did, eh? Well, I watched your feet, and they never moved.”
“It’s the boots they gave me, sir,” said the poor fellow. “They’re so large that when I turn my feet turns in them.”
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
The two servants met in the tram.
“Does this war they’re talking so much about make much difference to you?”
“The missus says we’ve got to economize, so we’ve to have margarine at meals in the kitchen.”
“Doesn’t she have it, then?”
“Not her. She says it doesn’t suit her digestion. But there’s nothing wrong with her digestion. We know that. For as often as not we send her up the margarine and have the butter ourselves.”