"He could never have had the string-halt, for he had a cork leg!"
"A cork leg!—remarkable. But really, now, didn't he have a dangerous trick of suddenly stopping and kicking a wagon all to pieces?"
"Never; he was not a madman, sir!"
"Probably not. But there were some good points about him."
"I should think so!"
"The way in which he carried his ears, for example."
"Nobody else ever noticed that particular merit; he was warm-hearted, generous and frank!"
"Good qualities. How long did it take him to go a mile?"
"About fifteen minutes."
"Not much of a goer. Wasn't his hair apt to fly?"